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Hantaviruses: an overview.
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Comparative medicine [Comp Med] 2002 Apr; Vol. 52 (2), pp. 97-110. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Hantaviruses are a newly emerging group of rodent-borne viruses that have significant zoonotic potential. Human infection by hantaviruses can result in profound morbidity and mortality, with death rates as high as 50%, and potentially long-term cardiovascular consequences. Hantaviruses are carried by peridomestic and wild rodents worldwide and have occasionally been linked to infections in laboratory rodents. Because these viruses have been associated with significant human disease, they have become the subject of intense scientific investigation. In this review the reader is introduced to the hantaviruses, including hantavirus diseases and their pathogenesis. A review of the biology, morphology, and molecular biology of the hantaviruses with a brief overview of the ecology and biology of hantavirus-rodent pairs is also included. The risks of occupational exposure to hantaviruses, diagnosis of hantavirus infections, and methods for handling potentially infected rodents and tissues are discussed as well.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Animals, Laboratory virology
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Disease Vectors
Hantavirus Infections diagnosis
Hantavirus Infections epidemiology
Hantavirus Infections veterinary
Humans
Occupational Exposure
Zoonoses
Orthohantavirus classification
Orthohantavirus genetics
Orthohantavirus physiology
Orthohantavirus ultrastructure
Hantavirus Infections physiopathology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-0820
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Comparative medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12022401