- Concept UI
- M0359084
- Registry Numbers
- txid1980491
- 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).
- Terms
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Sin Nombre virus
Preferred Term
Term UI
T409856
Date03/20/2000
LexicalTag
EPO
ThesaurusID
NLM (2001)
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Muerto Canyon Virus
Term UI
T019538
Date03/07/1994
LexicalTag
EPO
ThesaurusID
NLM (1995)
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Four Corners Virus
Term UI
T019539
Date03/07/1994
LexicalTag
EPO
ThesaurusID
NLM (1995)