HANTAVIRUS Definition & Meaning

hantavirus

[ hahn-tuh-vahy-ruhs, han‑ ]

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noun

plural hantaviruses.

any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes.

hantavirus

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noun

any one of a group of viruses that are transmitted to humans by rodents and cause disease of varying severity, ranging from a mild form of influenza to respiratory or kidney failure

hantavirus

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Any of a group of viruses of the genus Hantavirus, carried by rodents, that cause severe respiratory infections in humans and, in some cases, hemorrhaging, kidney disease, and death.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hantavirus¹

First recorded in 1975–80; after the Hantaan River in Korea, near which the virus first afflicted Westerners in the 1950s

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hantavirus¹

C20: from Hanta ( an ), river in North and South Korea where the disease was first reported + virus

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Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and Hackman, 95, died about a week later in mid-February of heart disease with complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

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The Santa Fe medical examiner determined she died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-borne respiratory disease.

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Hackman, 95, died from heart disease as much as a week after Arakawa, 65, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

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Arakawa died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare but frequently fatal disease spread by rodents.

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Though Jarrell did not pinpoint exactly where Arakawa contracted hantavirus, they did note that it is transmitted by rodent droppings or saliva, and characterized by flu like symptoms, fever, muscle aches, cough, vomiting and diarrhea.

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