Hantavirus
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Hantaviruses are causative agents of some severe human illnesses, including hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). The viruses are maintained by rodent hosts, and humans acquire infection by... more
Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) is a disease caused by Hantavirus, which is highly virulent for humans. High temperatures and conversion of native vegetation to agriculture , particularly sugarcane cultivation can alter... more
Objectives: To determine the clinical and laboratory predictors of fatality among patients with Hantavirus infection. Materials and methods: A retrospective study was conducted on the patients with Hantavirus infection between April 2009... more
During 5,230 trapping nights, 672 small mammals were trapped in the areas where most hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) cases occur in Uruguay. Yellow pygmy rice rats (Oligoryzomys flavescens) were the only rodents that showed evidence... more
Hantaviruses infect humans via inhalation of viral particles in infected rodents' secretions such as saliva, urine and faeces or via direct contact with infected rodents. The rodent species that are known as the carriers of Dobrava... more
Wild rodents (n5330) were trapped around the villages of Altındere and Cos¸andere (Maçka, Trabzon Province), Ayder, Ortan, and Yolkiyi (Çamlıhemşin, Rize Province), and Bozdağ (Ödemiş)¸, İzmir Province) in northeastern and western Turkey... more
Hantaviruses, well-known human pathogens, have only recently been identified on the African continent. Tigray virus (TIGV) was found in Ethiopia in 2012 in a Murinae species, Stenocephalemys albipes, but the genetic data obtained at that... more
Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) is a zoonotic virus that causes nephropathia epidemica (NE) in humans, a mild form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. An average of 10 000 cases are reported annually in Europe, many of which occur in... more
In 1993 Sin Nombre virus was recognized as the cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) was identified as the reservoir host. Surveillance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... more