hantavirus

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Etymology

From the name of the Hantan River in South Korea, via the genus name Hantavirus.

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hantavirus (plural hantaviruses)

  1. (virology) Any virus of the genus Hantavirus, transmitted by aerosolized rodent excreta or rodent bites, especially the deer mouse. Hantaviruses cause Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS): incubation lasts for 1–5 weeks, sickness begins with fever and muscle aches, followed by shortness of breath and coughing.
    • 2014, Cai-QiaoWang et al., “Co-circulation of Hantaan, Kenkeme, and Khabarovsk Hantaviruses in Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, China”, in Virus Research‎[1], volume 191, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      To reveal the molecular epidemiology of hantaviruses in this region, a total of 374 small mammals (eight species of rodents and one species of shrew) were captured in the Chinese part of the Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island (Heilongjiang Province). […] Overall, these results suggest that Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island harbors considerable hantavirus diversity.

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