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  1. HANTAVIRUS, MICE AND US.(Neighbors): An article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) by Gale Reference Team, 2008-09-28
  2. HANTAVIRUS AND HANTA DISEASE: An entry from Gale's <i>World of Microbiology and Immunology</i>
  3. Bunyaviruses: Rift Valley Fever, Hantavirus, Crimean-congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Tospovirus, Virus Sin Nombre, La Crosse Encephalitis
  4. Hantavirus in African wood mouse, Guinea.(DISPATCHES): An article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases by Boris Klempa, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, et all 2006-05-01
  5. 21st Century Collection Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID): Comprehensive Collection from 1995 to 2002 with Accurate and Detailed Information on Dozens of Serious Virus and Bacteria Illnesses ¿ Hantavirus, Influenza, AIDS, Malaria, TB, Pox, Bioterrorism, Smallpox, Anthrax, Vaccines, Lyme Disease, Rabies, West Nile Virus, Hemorrhagic Fevers, Ebola, Encephalitis (Core Federal Information Series) by U.S. Government, 2002-10-20
  6. Hantavirus Infections: An entry from Gale's <i>Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.</i> by Janie Franz, Teresa Odle, 2006
  7. HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS: An entry from UXL's <i>UXL Complete Health Resource</i>
  8. Threat of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome to field biologists working with small mammals.(SYNOPSIS): An article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases by Douglas A. Kelt, Dirk H. Van Vuren, et all 2007-09-01
  9. While at a pet store, my son fell in love with a mouse. (no evidence that pet rodents pose Hantavirus risk)(Ask Dr. Cory): An article from: Humpty Dumpty's Magazine by Cory SerVaas, 1994-10-01
  10. Sympatry of 2 hantavirus strains, Paraguay, 2003-2007.(DISPATCHES)(Report): An article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases by Yong-Kyu Chu, Douglas Goodin, et all 2009-12-01
  11. Hantavirus in northern short-tailed shrew, United States.(DISPATCHES)(Clinical report): An article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases by Satoru Arai, Jin-Won Song, et all 2007-09-01
  12. Predicting high risk for human hantavirus infections, Sweden.(DISPATCHES): An article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases by Gert E. Olsson, Marika Hjertqvist, et all 2009-01-01
  13. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, French Guiana.(Letter to the editor): An article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases by Severine Matheus, Felix Djossou, et all 2010-04-01
  14. Evidence of Hantavirus Infection in Microtus Ochrogaster in St. Louis County, Missouri.: An article from: Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science by Jerrold J. Scharninghausen, Richard M. Pitts, et all 1999-01-01

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this family of viruses first came to the public’s attention in the early 1990’safter an outbreak of lethal pneumonia (hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome) in
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Although this "family" of viruses first came to the public’s attention in the early 1990’s after an outbreak of lethal pneumonia (Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome) in the Four-Corners area of the southwest, Hantaviruses are known to have been around since 1913 in Russia (hemorrhagic fever with renal failure) and in North America since 1959 (HPS). Since 1993, HPS has been reported in NY, LA, and FL. Rodents are the only known natural reservoir. The deer mouse, white-footed mouse, cotton rat and rice rat are the most common carriers. (It has not been found in the common house mouse.) At least one of these rodents can be found just about anywhere on the continental U.S. The virus is shed in their feces, urine, and saliva and is spread by aerosolization when these are dried and then stirred up. The virus can also be spread by a rodent bite, touching ones nose or mouth after first touching contaminated material, and possibly by consuming contaminated food. Experts do not believe that it is spread by human-to-human contact (i.e. kissing, intimacy, transfusions), insects or other animals. People have become infected even when they have not seen rodents or their droppings. When seen, the rodent carriers do not appear ill.

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63. CBS News | Hantavirus: Often Misdiagnosed | October 31, 2002 10:18:22
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Hardy Haceesa died from hantavirus victim. (CBS)
"When the second infectious disease doctor came in and confirmed it was the hantavirus, that's when I had my conversation with God."
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(CBS) When Gilbert Zermeno heard his mother was ill, he rushed from his home in Phoenix to her bedside in Lubbock, Texas.
"Three hours later she passed away," Zermeno said. Staring at a picture of his mother, he added, "She had a great attitude about life."
But, as CBS News Correspondent Vince Gonzales reports, the end of her life was just the beginning of the Zermeno family's ordeal. Zermeno called his wife Patty. She, and his daughter Zola, now 8-years-old, began the long drive to Texas. At a teacher's urging, Zola began a journal. In one of the first entries she wrote: "Hearts are broken in Texas. We are not to the sadness yet. We are only on the road." They arrived in time for the funeral.

64. Hantavirus
MMID Home Page Bugs Index Cases Index hantavirus. Diseases. hantavirusPulmonary Syndrome or HPS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome or ARDS).
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Hantavirus
Diseases Sites and Sources Diagnostic Factors Virulence Factors ... Commentary
Classification
Bunyaviridae - Hantavirus
Structure
seg., circ. (non-covalent circles, ssRNA-, helical, env.
Diseases
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome or HPS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome or ARDS) flu-like symptoms fever chills myalgia lower back pain nausea vomiting diarrhea nonproductive cough dyspnea interstitial pulmonary edema thrombocytopenia hemoconcentration
Hemorrhagic fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS, Korean hemorrhagic fever) fever headache backache abdominal pain myalgia anorexia nausea vomiting erythema petechiae renal failure shock
Sites and Sources
rodents, source rodent feces, source deer mice, source rats, source aerosol, source kidney, pathogen URT, pathogen lung, pathogen
Diagnostic Factors
DNA probe serology
Virulence Factors
unknown
Treatment and Prevention
ribivarin avoid rodent exposure
Commentary
In May and June of 1993, an outbreak of a severe respiratory illness was reported in the Four Corners region of the U.S., that region of the country where Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado abut. Mortality was in excess of 75%, with many deaths in previously healthy adults between 20 and 40 years of age. The cause was quickly shown to be a hantavirus by astute scientists at the CDC and NIH. Serological evidence at first showed that the disease might be caused by a hantavirus; this was confirmed by using PCR to compare nucleic acid sequences of the presumed etiologic agent with the sequences of known hantaviruses. Interest in the hantaviruses stems from the Korean War when (in 1951) U.N. troops in Korea came down with an illness characterized by high fever, severe headache, myalgia, vomiting, and hemorrhaging that ends in renal failure and death in 7% of cases. This disease was called hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).

65. Hidden Killers: Virus Profiles
Hantavírus. Ezt a vírust egerek, patkányok és pockok hordozzák.Az elso vírust 1976ban különítették el a csoporttól.
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Ezt a vírust egerek, patkányok és pockok hordozzák. Az elsõ vírust 1976-ban különítették el a csoporttól. A Koreai Háború folyamán ez a vírus vérzést okozott, amit koreai vérzékeny láznak nevezték el. A vírust Hantaan vírusnak hívták a dél-koreai Han folyóról. Kb. 2500 amerikai katonát fertõzõtt meg és 5-10%-ot ölt meg belõlük. A jövõben lehetséges, hogy biológiai fegyverként vetik be. A sin nombre vírus 10-szer halálosabb, mint a Koreai Háborúból a Hantaan vírus. Senki sem tudott a vírusról. Navajoi kuruzslók a deer mouse (õzegér - Peromyscus maniculatus) elszaporodása alatt észlelték a kórt, amik hordozták a vírust 1918 és 1933 között. Legenda lett körükben, az egér által bepiszkított ruhákat elégették. A sin nombre vírus a délnyugat amerikai hantavírus okozta tüdõbaj oka. A vírust 1993-ban fedezték fel, amikor azonos idõben és helyen sok eset történt. A nagyítás kb. 45000x. Micrograph from C. Goldsmith, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

66. Hantavirus Puumala Serotype Antibodies From Research Diagnostics Inc
Mab to hantavirus Puumala Serotype. of the nucleocapsid protein (S segment) of hantavirusCG 1820 strain (Puumala serotype). Application · Immunoblotting.
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Clinical Application/ Specificity A1C5 reacts with an epitope present on the N-terminus (between aa 15 and 35) of the nucleocapsid protein (S segment) of hantavirus CG 18-20 strain (Puumala serotype).
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67. Hantavirus Hantaan Serotype Antibodies From Research Diagnostics Inc
Mab to hantavirus Hantaan Serotype. cat RDIPROB5D9C $150.00/vial $125.00/vial3+ $100.00/vial 5+. Mab to hantavirus Hantaan Serotype, POD Conjugate.
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Category Mouse monoclonal
Form/Purification Hybridoma culture supernatant*
Ig Class IgG1
Immunogen Recombinant nucleocapsid protein of Hantaan 76-118 strain
Clinical Application/ Specificity B5D9 reacts with an epitope present on the N-terminus of the nucleocapsid protein (S segment) of Hantaan 76-118 strain.

68. HANTAVIRUS
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Hantavirus es el nombre que reciben los virus del género Hantaanvirus, que forma parte de la familia Bunyaviridae infectan a los vertebrados (animales con columna vertebral, incluido el hombre). A diferencia de casi todos los miembros de esta familia, que son transportados por mosquitos, chinches y pulgas, los hantavirus utilizan como vectores roedores específicos y se transmiten directamente de hospedante a hospedante por medio de la saliva, la orina o las heces cargadas de virus. El hombre se contagia por exposición a las excreciones secas de roedores infectados. Causan dos enfermedades humanas: fiebre hemorrágica con síndrome renal, que normalmente cursa con lesiones renales; y síndrome de malestar respiratorio agudo, que cursa con lesiones pulmonares. Los hantavirus son esféricos, de 90 a 100 nanómetros de diámetro. Están formados por una cápsula cubierta de púas que rodea tres unidades circulares de ácido ribonucleico (ARN) envueltas en proteína. Aunque recientemente se han identificado muchos hantavirus, su verdadero número y el potencial patológico que presentan son probablemente muy superiores a lo que ahora se cree.

69. Hantavirus
hantavirus. These critters aren't always cute.Late spring and early summerare the prime seasons for hantavirus, which causes hantavirus
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Late spring and early summer are the prime seasons for hantavirus, which causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). The virus, carried by deer mice, is passed to people as they begin spring cleaning and outdoor activities like camping and hiking. Last year, there was one reported case of HPS in Rhode Island. The virus lives in mouse urine, feces and saliva, and is transmitted when people stir up these and then breathe traces of them in the air. It also may be possible to get HPS by touching objects that have traces of infected body fluids on them and then touching your eyes, nose or mouth, or eating food that is contaminated. In rare cases, people bitten by infected mice have developed the disease. People who have the disease can’t infect other people.
Symptoms
HPS is a fast-moving disease. Although symptoms may not develop for 1-5 weeks, once they do, patients usually require hospitalization within 24 hours. Almost half of all cases result in death. Symptoms include:
  • muscle aches fever coughing increasingly severe respiratory problems
If you have symptoms and think you may have HPS, contact your physician immediately. The earlier you receive treatment, the better the chances are for survival. Remember to tell your doctor you may have had contact with mice or mice byproducts.

70. HANTAVIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN G1.
hantavirus GLYCOPROTEIN G1. This group contains 12 records classifiedinto 1 cluster(s). The number of records not included into
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71. HANTAVIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN.
hantavirus NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN. This group contains 15 records classifiedinto 1 cluster(s). The number of records not included
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72. Pitkin County - Environmental Health - Hantavirus
hantavirus Precautions Local health officials are advising residents and visitorsalike to take precautions against coming in contact with rodents or areas
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73. City Of Aspen - Environmental Health - Hantavirus
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75. Guidelines For Handling Animal Reservoirs Of Hantavirus: Field Practices In Ariz
Guidelines for Handling Animal Reservoirs of hantavirus Field Practices in Arizona. Guidelinesfor working with rodents potentially infected with hantavirus.
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Guidelines for Handling Animal Reservoirs of Hantavirus: Field Practices in Arizona
Rodents are known reservoirs of hantaviruses, and other small mammals can be infected as well. In Arizona, deer mice ( Peromyscus spp.

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77. Hantavirus
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Hantavirus
In 1993 in the Four Corners area of the southwest United States previously young healthy adults were dying suddenly and painfully. The victims quickly developed acute Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and only about 50% survived. Through some amazing detective work by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and local health officials the cause was tracked to a mouse borne virus known as Hantavirus. Hantaviruses have been known to medical science since the 1950s when troups fighting in the Korean War became infected. The virus was named for the Hantaan River which flows through Korea. This particular virus and others found in Asia and Europe cause hemorrhagic fever with renal failure. The symptoms include shock, bleeding, fluid in the lungs, and abnormal liver function. The death rate with these hantaviruses is about 10%. The hantavirus found in the United States is quite different. Several variations of the U.S. hantavirus have been identified include some in Florida, Louisiana, and New York. These viruses all cause the same type of disease as the virus discovered in the Four Corners area. The name of the disease caused by the American variety of hantavirus is called Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS).

78. Hantavirus Infection
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Hantavirus Infection
What is hantavirus?
Hantavirus is the name of a family of related viruses that have virtually a worldwide distribution. Who gets hantavirus infection? Anyone can become infected with hantavirus, but persons who have exposure to rodents or to rodent-infested areas are at highest risk of the infection. Is hantavirus infection a new disease? No. Outbreaks of disease compatible with certain types of hantavirus infection have been described in Europe and Asia since the 1930's. However, in the United States, there were no reports of acute disease associated with hantavirus prior to 1993. In the spring of that year, an outbreak of severe respiratory disease caused by a newly recognized strain of hantavirus occurred in the southwestern USA. It is now apparent that illnesses due to this strain occurred before the 1993 outbreak but were not recognized. How is hantavirus infection acquired?

79. Fact Sheet - Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
26 Revised 08/15/02. hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome. (Download PDF file—48K). InCalifornia, many hantavirus cases have occurred in the central Sierra Nevada.
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a potentially fatal viral infection carried principally by deer mice, but also found in other rodents. There have been over 322 known cases of HPS in the United States as of June 2002 with almost 40 percent resulting in death. However, the survival rate is greatly improved when proper diagnosis and medical support are rapidly obtained. The disease is relatively difficult to get and easy to avoid by taking the necessary precautions. In California, many hantavirus cases have occurred in the central Sierra Nevada.
Symptoms of HPS begin to manifest themselves one to five weeks after exposure to the virus. Similar to those of the flu, early symptoms include fatigue, fever, and muscle aches. About half of the HPS patients also experience headaches, dizziness, chills, and/or abdominal problems. Four to ten days after the onset of the early symptoms, the infected person experiences coughing and shortness of breath as the lungs fill with fluid. Without immediate medical attention, the victim may die.
Deer mice are the primary carriers of the hantavirus that causes HPS. They inhabit wildland areas throughout the United States except in the southeast. Deer mice live in human-occupied buildings when available or when conditions in the wild become difficult. They live side by side with other types of wild mice and are difficult to distinguish from them.

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Over 2,000 species of plants and animals can be found within the park. However only 4 mammals are endemic to the islands, one of which is the deer mouse ( Peromyscus maniculatus ) which is known to carry the Sin Nombre Hantavirus.A strain of Hantavirus has been identified in mouse populations on Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and San Miguel Islands in Channel Islands National Park. Only on remote Santa Barbara and Anacapa Islands was the virus not found. This virus is similar to the Four Corners strain and has been found in greater concentrations on the Channel Islands than at any other location.

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