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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Index Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is one of two potentially fatal syndromes of zoonotic origin caused by species of hantavirus. [1]

30 relations: Bayou virus, Black Creek Canal virus, Bunyavirales, Calabazo virus, Canada, Fever, Florida, Four Corners, Hantaan River virus, Hispid cotton rat, Maripa virus, Myalgia, Native Americans in the United States, New York virus, Orthohantavirus, Oryzomyini, Oxbow virus, Peromyscus, PubMed, Rockport virus, Rodent, Sin Nombre virus, Social stigma, Southwestern United States, Sweating sickness, Syndrome, United States, White-footed mouse, Zoonosis, 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak.

Bayou virus

Bayou virus (BAYV) is a species of hantavirus first identified in 1994 in Louisiana.

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Black Creek Canal virus

Black Creek Canal virus (BCCV) is a single-stranded, negative sense RNA virus species of New World Orthohantavirus.

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Bunyavirales

Bunyavirales is an order of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses.

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Calabazo virus

Calabazo virus is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA hantavirus species of the Bunyavirales order.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Fever

Fever, also known as pyrexia and febrile response, is defined as having a temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set-point.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Four Corners

The Four Corners is a region of the United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, southeastern corner of Utah, northeastern corner of Arizona, and northwestern corner of New Mexico.

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Hantaan River virus

Hantaan virus (HTNV) is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus species of Old World Orthohantavirus.

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Hispid cotton rat

The hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) is a rodent species long thought to occur in parts of South America, Central America, and southern North America.

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Maripa virus

Maripa virus is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA hantavirus species in the Bunyavirales order.

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Myalgia

Myalgia, or muscle pain, is a symptom of many diseases and disorders.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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New York virus

New York virus is a orthohantavirus.

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Orthohantavirus

Orthohantaviruses (or hantaviruses) are single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA viruses in the Hantaviridae family of the order Bunyavirales, which normally infect rodents where they do not cause disease.

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Oryzomyini

Oryzomyini, or rice rat, is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Sigmodontinae of family Cricetidae.

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Oxbow virus

Oxbow virus (OXBV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA orthohantavirus.

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Peromyscus

Peromyscus is a genus of rodents whose members are commonly referred to as deer mice.

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PubMed

PubMed is a free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics.

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Rockport virus

Rockport virus (RKPV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA orthohantavirus.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Sin Nombre virus

The Sin Nombre virus (SNV) (from the Spanish meaning "the nameless virus") is the prototypical etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS).

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Social stigma

Social stigma is disapproval of (or discontent with) a person based on socially characteristic grounds that are perceived.

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Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States (Suroeste de Estados Unidos; also known as the American Southwest) is the informal name for a region of the western United States.

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Sweating sickness

Sweating sickness, also known as "English sweating sickness" or "English sweate" (sudor anglicus), was a mysterious and highly contagious disease that struck England, and later continental Europe, in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485.

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Syndrome

A syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms that are correlated with each other and, often, with a particular disease or disorder.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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White-footed mouse

The white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) is a rodent native to North America from Ontario, Quebec, Labrador, and the Maritime Provinces (excluding the island of Newfoundland) to the southwest United States and Mexico.

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Zoonosis

Zoonoses are infectious diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans.

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1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak

The 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak refers to the first ever known human cases of hantavirus in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantavirus_pulmonary_syndrome

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