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