Hantaviruses can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the Americas and
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia. In recent decades, repeated …

Rodents (order Rodentia), followed by bats (order Chiroptera), comprise the largest
percentage of living mammals on earth. Thus, it is not surprising that these two orders …

Marburg virus (Marburg marburgvirus; MARV) causes sporadic outbreaks of Marburg
hemorrhagic fever (MHF) in Africa. The Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) has been …

Learning that occurs in a field setting is a powerful experience that promotes the
development of new generations of creative scientists, enhances environmental literacy, and …

Hantavirus is a genus of virus represented by 45 different species and is hosted by small
mammals, predominantly rats and mice. Roughly, half of all hantaviruses cause diseases in …

Abstract Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) is a disease with high human
lethality rates, whose transmission risk is directly related to the abundance of reservoir …

Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) is a disease caused by Hantavirus, which is
highly virulent for humans. High temperatures and conversion of native vegetation to …

Understanding the dynamics of zoonotic pathogens in their reservoir host populations is a
prerequisite for predicting and preventing human disease epidemics. The human infection …

Sin Nombre orthohantavirus (SNV), a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus that is
carried and transmitted by the North American deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus, can …

Since the 1993 discovery of a highly pathogenic hantavirus associated with the North
American deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), intensive ecological studies have led to …