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hantavirus

Epidemiology: - viruses associated with the rodent subfamily Sigmodontinae. Pathology: - hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Laboratory: - Hantavirus serology - Hantavirus antigen - Hantavirus RNA - see ARUP consult [3]

Related

Hantavirus antibody Hantavirus antigen hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Specific

Andes virus bayou virus Black Creek Canal virus Sin Nombre virus

General

bunyaviridae hemorrhagic fever virus

Properties

KINGDOM: virus GENOME-TYPE: RNA SINGLE-STRANDED NEGATIVE-STRAND CIRCULAR GENOME-SIZE: 13-21 kB ENVELOPE: PRESENT CAPSID-SYMMETRY: HELICAL

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1144
  3. ARUP Consult: Hantavirus The Physician's Guide to Laboratory Test Selection & Interpretation https://www.arupconsult.com/content/hantavirus