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	Hantavirus
		Hantavirus is a potentially deadly disease caused by a virus carried by rodents.
		The hantavirus was first detected in 1993 in the Four Corners area of the southwestern United States.
		Hantavirus infection is a serious, life-threatening illness caused by breathing in the hantavirus.
	www.state.sd.us /doh/Pubs/hanta.htm (668 words)

	Hantavirus Infection- Health Encyclopedia and Reference
		Hantavirus is a virus that is transmitted by rodents and causes infection in humans.
		The mini-epidemic of hantavirus infection that erupted in the Southwest in 1993 was an ominous new variation of an old theme.
		The hantavirus pulmonary syndrome begins as a nonspecific illness with fever, followed by rapid progression to a shock-like state with respiratory distress and blood abnormalities.
	www.healthcentral.com /encyclopedia/408/683/Hantavirus_Infection.html (754 words)

	University of South Florida, Division of Comparative Medicine, Hantavirus
		Hantavirus is a highly fatal infection associated with wild rodents, especially deer mice.
		Outbreaks of hantavirus infection characterized by a severe pulmonary syndrome resulting in numerous deaths have been recognized in the southwestern U.S. Infections associated with laboratory rodents have occurred in Russia, Scandinavia, Japan, and Belgium (MMWR 37(6); 87-90, 2/19/98).
		Human hantavirus infections associated with the care and use of laboratory animals can be prevented through the isolation or elimination of infected rodents and rodent tissues before they can be introduced into the resident laboratory animal populations.
	www.research.usf.edu /cm/Hantavirus.htm (504 words)

	Basic facts about HPS and the hantavirus
		Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is an infectious respiratory disease endemic to North and South America.
		A "hantavirus" belongs to a group of RNA virii related to the family Bunyaviridae and, depending on its nature, may be the etiological agent for one of two acute illnesses: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).
		In the United States, the hantavirus is typically carried by the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus).
	www.hantavirus.net /info1.html (1188 words)

	Hantavirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hantavirus virions are believed to assemble by association of nucleocapsids with glycoproteins embedded in the membranes of the Golgi, followed by budding into the Golgi cisternae.
		Hantavirus has an incubation time of 2-4 weeks in humans, before symptoms of infection occur.
		Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a deadly disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings, or saliva.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hantavirus (1245 words)

	Hantavirus
		Hantavirus is a disease characterized by flu-like symptoms followed by respiratory failure.
		Hantavirus has probably caused people to get sick for years in the United States, but it was not recognized until recently.
		Hantavirus is carried by rodents, particularly deer mice, and is present in their urine and feces.
	www.umm.edu /ency/article/001382.htm (559 words)

	Alberta Health & Wellness - Hantavirus
		The only confirmed carrier of the hantavirus in Alberta is the deer mouse (reddish-brown or in some cases grey, but always with white fur on the neck, belly, feet, and tail).
		Hantavirus is passed to humans when they breathe in airborne particles released from the droppings, fresh urine and nesting material of infected rodents.
		Hantavirus is not a new risk to public health, and there is no evidence that it is increasing or spreading.
	www.health.gov.ab.ca /public/dis_hantavirus.html (698 words)

	Hantavirus - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Scientists quickly determined the illness was caused by a previously unknown strain of hantavirus, a family of disease-causing viruses that occurs naturally in mice and other rodents.
		Hantavirus is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
		The prognosis of Hantavirus may include the duration of Hantavirus, chances of complications of Hantavirus, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Hantavirus, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Hantavirus.
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /h/hantavirus/intro.htm (811 words)

	UC Davis Center for Nursing Education - Infection Control - Hantavirus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		An epidemic characterized by fever and acute pulmonary edema occurred in the southwestern U.S. in 1993 and led to the recognition of Hantavirus.
		Patients hospitalized with Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome are placed on Standard Precautions for the duration of hospitalization.
		The mode of transmission of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is inhalation of infected rodent feces.
	www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu /cne/resources/infection_control/hantavirus (288 words)

	Hantavirus Facts
		The hantavirus that causes HPS is carried by rodents found throughout North America.
		Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare but serious, and often deadly, lung infection.
		Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is caused by the Sin Nombre virus.
	www.astdhpphe.org /infect/hanta.html (850 words)

	Hantavirus Infections - DEFINITION, DESCRIPTION, SYMPTOMS
		Hantavirus infections are caused by a group of viruses known as hantaviruses.
		Treatments for hantavirus infections are designed, therefore, to relieve the symptoms of the disease.
		The deer mouse is a carrier of one type of hantavirus that caused severe cases of HPS in the southwestern United States.
	www.faqs.org /health/Sick-V2/Hantavirus-Infections.html (1067 words)

	Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome --- United States: Updated Recommendations for Risk Reduction
		Until the extent of hantavirus infection throughout the subfamily Sigmodontinae becomes known, as does the pathogenicity of hantaviruses hosted by sigmodontine species, treating all sigmodontines as potential hosts of HPS-causing hantaviruses, and each sigmodontine rodent as though it were infected and infectious is recommended.
		Hantavirus infections are associated with domestic, occupational, or recreational activities that bring humans into contact with infected rodents, usually in rural settings.
		An outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, Chile, 1997.
	medical.smis.doi.gov /hantammwr.htm (6828 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Health
		Canada’s first human hantavirus case was reported in British Columbia in 1994, but subsequent research suggests that the first case actually took place in Alberta five years earlier.
		Hantavirus is a viral disease carried by wild rodents –; especially deer mice, which in Canada are the principal animal reservoirs of the virus.
		Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is not a common illness.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/health/hantavirus.html (1082 words)

	Hantavirus
		In 1993, Sin Nombre, a previously unknown hantavirus, was identified in the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States.
		This virus, which causes an acute respiratory disease named hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), is carried by numerous rodent species and transmitted to humans through rodent urine, droppings, and saliva.
		While the risk of getting Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is very low, it is still important for people to take precautions by limiting the amount of mice in and around the home.
	wdhfs.state.wy.us /vector_borne/hantavir.htm (915 words)

	Hantavirus \| Specific Disease FAQ's
		Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a rare disease caused by a virus (hantavirus).
		No-the hantavirus that cause HPS in the United States are not known to be transmitted by any types of animals other than certain types of rodents.
		The types of hantavirus that cause HPS in the United States cannot be transmitted from one person to another.
	www.scchealth.org /docs/eid/docs/faqs/Hantavirus_faq.html (621 words)

	Hantavirus infections
		Hantavirus infection is caused by a group of viruses that can infect humans with two serious illnesses: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), and Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).
		Treatment of hantavirus infections is primarily supportive, because there are no agents available to kill the viruses and interrupt the infection.
		The diseases caused by hantaviruses are extraordinarily lethal.
	www.lifesteps.com /gm/Atoz/ency/hantavirus_infections_pr.jsp (1521 words)

	Zoonosis: Hantavirus
		A: The cause of HPS is infection with a virus from the genus Hantavirus, in the family Bunyaviridae.
		Hantavirus patients frequently have platelet count lower than 150,000 cells/µl, oxygen saturation less than 90%, bilateral interstitial pulmonary infiltrates, development of ards within 1 week of hospital admission, high hematocrit, and leukocytosis with a high proportion of band neutrophils and atypical lymphocytes.
		Studies of hantavirus in Great Britain indicated that cats occasionally develop antibodies to hantavirus and a higher percentage are chronically ill than is the general cat population.
	www.avma.org /reference/zoonosis/znhanta.asp (2175 words)

	Hantavirus: What is it and what can be done about it?, from the MSU Extension Service
		However, hantavirus is a rare disease that results in fewer deaths than lightning strikes or snakebite or slip-and-falls on ice.
		Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS for short), an acute and often fatal infectious respiratory disease endemic to North and South America, has lately become a serious concern in Montana and across the United States.
		In this country, hantavirus was first recognized during the spring of 1993 after a cluster of previously healthy individuals who lived in the Four Corners area of New Mexico acquired an acute cardiopulmonary illness.
	www.montana.edu /wwwpb/pubs/mt9404.html (2531 words)

	Hantavirus - Boulder County Public Health
		Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a respiratory illness caused by infection with a group of viruses called hantaviruses.
		Hantavirus infections occur in several states in the U. as well as in many other areas of North and South America.
		Hantavirus is transmitted by the deer mouse; however, antibodies have also been found in rats, the white-footed mouse, the chipmunk, and other rodents.
	www.co.boulder.co.us /health/hpe/cdc/diseases/hantaVirus/index.htm (165 words)

	Hantavirus -- 121002343
		Hantavirus disease currently is being studied by a number of national health organizations including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
		Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a serious, often deadly, respiratory disease passed to humans by exposure to infected rodents.
		No cure or vaccine is available against hantavirus disease, although the earlier that medical treatment is sought, the better the chance of recovery.
	www.lni.wa.gov /Safety/Topics/AtoZ/Hantavirus/default.asp (788 words)

	County of San Diego - Vector Control Program - Hantavirus
		Hantavirus is a rare but deadly disease that humans catch from rodents.
		Hantavirus can infect anyone, but knowing about the virus and ways to prevent it, will help protect you.
		In the western United States, deer mice are the main carriers of hantavirus.
	www.sdcounty.ca.gov /deh/chd/vector/vhantavirus.html (521 words)

	Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Fact Sheet - American Lung Association site (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is caused by infection with a specific virus from a group of viruses called hantavirus.
		Hantavirus infection triggers an illness at first similar to a severe cold or influenza, accompanied by fever and muscle aches.
		Although hantavirus pulmonary syndrome has been publicized as an emerging infectious disease, it is in fact only a newly identified disease and has been causing illness and death for years.
	www.lungusa.org.cob-web.org:8888 /site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35428 (683 words)

	eMedicine - Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome : Article Excerpt by: Mana Lumumba-Kasongo, MD, MS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), a similar but more virulent entity, was recognized initially on May 14, 1993.
		Puumala virus is an Old World hantavirus found in Asia and northern Europe and is responsible for a form of hemorrhagic fever associated with renal failure.
		The only known North American hantavirus was the harmless Prospect Hill virus, carried by the meadow mole and found on the East Coast.
	www.emedicine.com /emerg/byname/hantavirus-cardiopulmonary-syndrome.htm (632 words)

	Hantavirus Health Data in New Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is a severe respiratory illness that can be deadly.
		It is caused by the Sin Nombre Virus, one of a family of viruses that are found worldwide.
		A total of 453 cases of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome have been reported in the United States from 32 states.
	www.health.state.nm.us /hanta.html (242 words)

	HantaVirus
		Richard Hoffman, the state’s chief medical officer and state epidemiologist who is based at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, issued the warning as Colorado recorded its sixth hantavirus case of the year, the highest number to occur in the state in any one year since the disease was identified in 1993.
		Hantavirus is carried by deer mice and occurs primarily in rural parts of Colorado.
		Colorado’s latest hantavirus victim is a 49-year-old woman from Grand County who was first hospitalized in Kremmling and then was moved on Saturday, July 1, to St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver.
	www.co.teller.co.us /CDSD/EnvironmentalHealth/hantavirus.htm (2496 words)

	NJDHSS, Communicable Disease Service: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
		Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is an illness caused by an infection with the Sin Nombre virus, one of several hantaviruses that have been identified in the Americas.
		The disease was first recognized in the spring and summer of 1993 in the Four Corners area of New Mexico and Arizona.
		Person to person spread of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome has not been demonstrated; therefore, an infected person is not infectious to others.
	www.state.nj.us /health/cd/f_hantavirus.htm (372 words)

	Hantavirus
		The best protection against the Hantavirus is to prevent all rodents from entering structures and to carefully clean and disinfect indoor areas currently or previously infested with rodents.
		The primary carrier of the Hantavirus is the Deer Mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus.
		The Deer Mouse is the size of a house mouse; ranges in color from pale gray to reddish brown; has white fur on its belly and feet; and has a bi-colored tail (pale gray to reddish brown and white), slightly shorter than its head and body length.
	www.ventura.org /envhealth/programs/vector_control/hafac.htm (900 words)

	Hantavirus - Bio-Disease Management - City of Albuquerque
		The hantavirus is carried in the urine, saliva, or droppings of infected rodents primarily deer mice although other species of mice have been found to be infected.
		People are infected by breathing in the virus during direct contact with rodents or from disturbing dust and feces from mice nests or surfaces contaminated with mice droppings or urine.
		In New Mexico, hantavirus has been found primarily in the northern areas; especially in the Four Corners area.
	www.cabq.gov /bdm/hanta.html (549 words)

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