Hantaan orthohantavirus

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Hantaan orthohantavirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum:
Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Hantaviridae
Genus: Orthohantavirus
Species:
Hantaan orthohantavirus

Hantaan orthohantavirus (HTNV) is an enveloped, single-stranded,

negative-sense RNA virus species of Old World Orthohantavirus. It is the causative agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever in humans.[1][2] It is named for the Hantan River in South Korea,[3] and in turn lends the name to its genus Orthohantavirus and family Hantaviridae
.

Natural reservoir

Apodemus agrarius, also known as striped field mouse, is the etiological vector of Hantaan orthohantavirus.[4]

Transmission

Transmission is believed to be through inhalation of aerosolized rodent urine and feces.[citation needed]

Morbidity and mortality

In hantavirus induced hemorrhagic fever,

Dobrava-Belgrade virus, Hantaan virus has a mortality rate of 10 to 12%.[5][6]

History

During the

bleeding, and shock. The cause remained unknown until 1976 when Karl M. Johnson an American tropical virologist and his colleagues, including Korean virologist, Ho Wang Lee (Lee Ho Wang), isolated Hantaan virus from the lungs of striped field mice.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^
    PMID 10462258
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  2. ^
    PMID 6127366
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  3. ^ "ICTV 9th Report (2011) Bunyaviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 31 January 2019. Hanta: from Hantaan, river in South Korea near where type virus was isolated.
  4. PMID 23903835
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  5. PMID 22869912
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  6. PMID 12163608
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External links
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