hantaviruses

han·ta·vi·rus   (hān'tə-vī'rəs)    n.  Any of a group of viruses carried by rodents that cause epidemic hemorrhagic fever and severe respiratory infections in humans. [After the Hantan River, South Korea (near which Westerners were first infected by the virus in the 1950s).]

Main Entry: han·ta·vi·rus
Pronunciation: 'han-t&-"vI-r&s, 'h&n-, 'hän-
Function: noun
: any of a genus(Hantavirus) of bunyaviruses (as the Hantaan virus) that are transmitted by rodent feces and urine and cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and hemorrhagic fevers marked by renal necrosis

hantavirus han·ta·vi·rus (hān'tə-vī'rəs)
n.
A type of virus carried by rodents causing severe respiratory infections in humans and, in some cases, hemorrhaging, kidney disease, and death.

hantavirus   (hān'tə-vī'rəs)  Pronunciation Key  Any of a group of viruses of the genus Hantavirus, carried by rodents, that cause severe respiratory infections in humans and, in some cases, hemorrhaging, kidney disease, and death.