Hantavirus infections are part of the broad group of viral haemorrhagic fevers. They are also
recognised as a distinct model of an emergent zoonotic infection with a global distribution …

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 …

Unbiased next-generation sequencing (NGS) approaches enable comprehensive pathogen
detection in the clinical microbiology laboratory and have numerous applications for public …

Recent outbreaks involving enveloped viruses, such as Ebola virus, have raised questions
regarding the persistence of enveloped viruses in the water environment. Efforts have been …

The rodent-borne hantavirus Puumala virus (PUUV) and related agents cause hemorrhagic
fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in humans. Other hantaviruses, including Andes virus …

Hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in the Old World and a
highly fatal hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in the New World. No vaccines or …

Highlights•Biodiversity surveys have revealed additional mammalian hosts of
hantaviruses.•Rodents, bats, and Soricomorpha (moles and shrews) are the most common …

Hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses transmitted to humans by persistently infected rodents,
giving rise to serious outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) or of …

Rodent-borne hantaviruses are prevalent worldwide and upon spillover to human
populations, cause severe disease for which no specific treatment is available. A potent …

Human pathogenic hantaviruses and arenaviruses are maintained in nature by persistent
infection of rodent carrier populations. Several members of these virus groups can cause …