Virus
hantavirus Audio
han·ta·vi·rus [ hahn-tuh-vahy-ruh s, han ]
Subclass of:
Bunyaviridae
Definitions related to hantavirus:
  • A genus of single-stranded, segmented, negative-sense RNA viruses in the family bunyaviridae. These viruses are transmitted by aerosolized rodent excreta or rodent bites.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of the family BUNYAVIRIDAE causing HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS, first identified during the Korean war. Infection is found primarily in rodents and humans. Transmission does not appear to involve arthropods. HANTAAN VIRUS is the type species.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Hantavirus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Genus of the family Bunyaviridae causing diseases such as hemorrhagic fever, nephropathia epidemica, and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome; first identified during the Korean war; infection is found primarily in rodents and humans; includes the species Hantaan virus.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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