What is Hantavirus?

What is Hantavirus?

• Hantavirus: A genus of viruses from the family Bunyaviridae.
• Hantavirus: 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.
  Source - Diseases Database

Hantavirus is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Hantavirus, or a subtype of Hantavirus, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Name and Aliases of Hantavirus

Main name of condition: Hantavirus

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, HPS, Four corners hantavirus, Hantavirus-associated respiratory distress syndrome, FCV, HARDS

Hanta virus pulmonary syndrome, Hantavirus pulmonary infection Source - Diseases Database

FCV, Four corners hantavirus, HARDS, HPS (Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome), Hantavirus-associated respiratory distress syndrome, HPC, PCTT, Hereditary pancreatitis, Chronic pancreatitis
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Types of Hantavirus:

Parent types of Hantavirus: Viral diseases, Rodent-borne disease

How many people get Hantavirus?

Incidence (annual) of Hantavirus: 33 annual cases of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
Incidence Rate of Hantavirus: approx 1 in 8,242,424 or 0.00% or 32 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Hantavirus?

Death rate for Hantavirus: 30% of HPS cases were fatal (MMWR 1999)
Complications of Hantavirus: see complications of Hantavirus

What causes Hantavirus?

Class of Condition for Hantavirus: viral
Causes of Hantavirus: see causes of Hantavirus
Risk factors for Hantavirus: see risk factors for Hantavirus

How is it treated?

Treatments for Hantavirus: see treatments for Hantavirus
Research for Hantavirus: see research for Hantavirus