hantavirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any virus of the genus Hantavirus, transmitted by aerosolized rodent excreta or rodent bites, especially the deer mouse. Hantaviruses cause Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS): incubation lasts for 1–5 weeks, sickness begins with fever and muscle aches, followed by shortness of breath and coughing.

/ˈhæn.təˌvaɪ.ɹəs/ /ˈhæ.nə-/

hantavirus hantaviruses

Internationalism. Borrowed from taxonomic name Hantavirus, from the name of the Hantan River in South Korea. By surface analysis, Hantan + virus.

orthohantavirus Hantavirus in . “hantavirus n.” in Oxford: Oxford University Press launched 2000

Muerto Canyon hantavirus

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