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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Bunyaviridae > Orthohantavirus

Preferred term

Orthohantavirus  

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Entry terms

  • Hantavirus
  • Hantaviruses

Note

  • infection = ORTHOHANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS or specifics

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2023(1992); use RNA VIRUSES 1978-1986; use ARBOVIRUSES 1965-1977

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006476

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