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Sin Nombre virus
Epidemiology:
- chronically infects the deer mouse Peromyscus manniculatus
- a variant of the Sin Nombre virus also infects the white-footed mouse Peromycus leucopus in southern states
Pathology:
- most important virus causing hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the U.S.
Laboratory:
- Hantavirus sin nombre serology
- Hantavirus RNA
Related
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
General
hantavirus
Properties
KINGDOM: virus
GENOME-TYPE: RNA
SINGLE-STRANDED
NEGATIVE-STRAND
CIRCULAR
GENOME-SIZE: 13-21 kB
ENVELOPE: PRESENT
CAPSID-SYMMETRY: HELICAL
References
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1144