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WEBMay 13, 2024 · Hantaviruses are a family of viruses which can cause serious illnesses and death. These viruses cause diseases like hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). They are spread mainly by rodents and are not spread from person-to-person.
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WEB2 days ago · Hantaviruses, transmitted to people by infected rodents, are part of the Bunyavirales order of viruses and can cause either hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) or hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS).
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WEBMay 23, 2024 · Hantaviruses are a family of viruses found around the world that can cause serious illnesses and death. These viruses cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). They are spread mainly by rodents.
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WEBLaboratory diagnosis of hantavirus infection is established by serologic tests and reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Serologic tests include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western and strip immunoblot assays.
Clinician Brief: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
WEBMay 23, 2024 · The most common hantavirus that causes HPS in the U.S. is spread by the deer mouse. People can contract hantavirus if they have contact with urine, feces or saliva of a rodent carrying the virus. This can occur when people: Breathe in hantavirus-contaminated air when cleaning up after rodents.
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WEBDec 26, 2019 · Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is an, often fatal, emerging zoonotic disease in the Americas caused by hantaviruses (family: Hantaviridae). In Brazil, hantavirus routine diagnosis is based on serology (IgM-ELISA) while RT-PCR is often used to confirm acute infection.
Hantavirus Infection - Infectious Diseases - The Merck Manuals
WEBLaboratory diagnosis of hantavirus infection is established by serologic tests and reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Serologic tests include enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western and strip immunoblot assays.
Hantavirus Outbreak Toolbox - World Health Organization (WHO)
WEBThe presence of hantavirus-specific IgM antibodies or a 4-fold or greater increase in IgG antibody titres or hantavirus-specific IgG seroconversion. A positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results for hantavirus RNA.
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WEBFor detection of hantavirus infections in rodents and insectivores, serology followed by immunoblotting of, for example, lung tissue, and RT-PCR detection of viral RNA may be used, and if of interest followed by sequencing and virus isolation.
Diagnosis of hantavirus infection in humans - PubMed
WEBThe diagnosis of hantavirus infections in humans is based on clinical and epidemiological information as well as laboratory tests. We review diagnosis for hantavirus infections based on serology, PCR, immunochemistry and virus culture.