Hantaviruses are enzootic viruses that maintain persistent infections in their rodent hosts
without apparent disease symptoms. The spillover of these viruses to humans can lead to …

Virus Evolution and Genetic Diversity of Hantaviruses and Their Rodent Hosts Page 1 Virus
Evolution and Genetic Diversity of Hantaviruses and Their Rodent Hosts A. PLYUSNIN*'** and …

An increase of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) cases around a southwestern
Argentina town and in persons living 1400 km away but in contact with those cases was …

ABSTRACT A total of 361 Escherichia coli O157 isolates, recovered from humans, cattle,
swine, and food during the years 1985 to 2000, were examined to better understand the …

Hantaviruses comprise an emerging global threat for public health, affecting about 30 000
humans annually. Infection may lead to Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the …

Despite the fact that rodents are considered to be the infectious source of hantavirus for
humans, another route of transmission was demonstrated. Andes virus (ANDV) has been …

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a severe disease characterized by a rapid onset
of pulmonary edema followed by respiratory failure and cardiogenic shock. The HPS …

The first confirmed Rift Valley fever outbreak outside Africa was reported in September 2000,
in the Arabian Peninsula. As of February 2001, a total of 884 hospitalized patients were …

Rodents represent 42% of the world's mammalian biodiversity encompassing 2,277 species
populating every continent (except Antarctica) and are reservoir hosts for a wide diversity of …

Hantaviruses are tri-segmented negative sense single stranded RNA viruses that belong to
the family Bunyaviridae. In nature, hantaviruses are exclusively maintained in the …