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Preferred term

Sin Nombre virus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A species of HANTAVIRUS which emerged in the Four Corners area of the United States in 1993. It causes a serious, often fatal pulmonary illness (HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME) in humans. Transmission is by inhaling aerosolized rodent secretions that contain virus particles, carried especially by deer mice (PEROMYSCUS maniculatus) and pinyon mice (P. truei).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Four Corners Virus
  • Muerto Canyon Virus
  • txid1980491

In other languages

  • French

  • Four corners virus
  • Muerto canyon virus
  • Sin nombre virus
  • txid1980491

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LP8KC83X-N

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