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What Is Hantavirus? An Overview
Hantaviruses are rodent-borne viruses that cause two serious illnesses in people — hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Start here.
How Hantavirus Spreads
Hantavirus mainly spreads when people breathe in airborne particles from dried rodent urine, droppings, or saliva. What raises the risk, and who's most exposed.
Signs and Symptoms of Hantavirus Infection
Early hantavirus symptoms resemble the flu, but the disease can progress quickly. The warning signs of HPS and HFRS, and when to seek emergency care.
Preventing Hantavirus Infection
Most hantavirus infections are preventable. Practical steps for rodent-proofing homes and worksites, cleaning up safely, and staying safer outdoors.
Diagnosing and Treating Hantavirus Infection
There's no cure or specific antiviral for hantavirus. How it's diagnosed, and why early supportive care makes the biggest difference in survival.
Diseases
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
HPS is a severe, often fatal respiratory illness caused by New World hantaviruses like Sin Nombre and Andes virus. Its phases, mortality, and history.
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS)
HFRS is a hantavirus disease common across Asia and Europe, marked by kidney involvement and hemorrhagic symptoms. Causes, clinical phases, and outcomes.
Reference
Types of Hantavirus
Hantaviruses split into Old World and New World strains. An overview of the major species, including Hantaan, Puumala, Seoul, Sin Nombre, and Andes virus.
History and Major Outbreaks of Hantavirus
From a mysterious illness among Korean War troops to the 1993 Four Corners outbreak, how hantaviruses were discovered, isolated, and named.