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... > Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Bunyaviridae > Orthohantavirus > Sin Nombre virus

Preferred term

Sin Nombre virus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Four Corners Virus
  • Muerto Canyon Virus

Note

  • infection = HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME

Scope note

  • A species of ORTHOHANTAVIRUS 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).

History note

  • 2002; use HANTAVIRUS 1995-2001

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D029261

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