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Hantavirus

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MICROBIOLOGY

Segmented, negative sense RNA virus. Large number of species (23 to date) with more discovered regularly.
Member of Bunyaviridae. Unlike other viruses in this family that are arthropod borne, hantaviruses are rodent borne viruses associated with specific reservoirs.
In the U.S., geographic locales differ:
- Southeast: deer mice, cotton and rice rats
- Northeast: white-footed mouse has been associated
Transmission to humans through inhalation of aerosolized saliva, urine or feces of reservoir host.
Hantavirus New World: (e.g., Sin Nombre virus) known to cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS)
- Carried by the New World rats and mice, family Muridae, subfamily Sigmodontinae; these rodents are not found in urban sites.
  - Deer mouse
  - Cotton rat
  - Rice rat
  - White-footed mouse
Hantaan virus, Old World: may cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).
- Puumala virus, a hantavirus carried in bank voles, may cause Nephropathia epidemica in humans primarily in Europe.
- Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) causes a more severe HFRS, again in Europe.
- Hantaan virus: HFRS in Asia
- Seoul virus: HFRS in Asia.

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Last updated: November 6, 2015

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Auwaerter, Paul G. "Hantavirus." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2015. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540255/all/Hantavirus.

Auwaerter PG. Hantavirus. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2015. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540255/all/Hantavirus. Accessed January 23, 2019.

Auwaerter, P. G. (2015). Hantavirus. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540255/all/Hantavirus

Auwaerter PG. Hantavirus [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2015. [cited 2019 January 23]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540255/all/Hantavirus

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