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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is one of two potentially fatal syndromes of zoonotic origin caused by species of hantavirus. These include
Black Creek Canal virus (BCCV), New York virus (NYV), Sin Nombre virus (SNV), and certain other members of Hantavirus genera that are native to the United States and Canada. Specific rodents are the principal hosts of the hantaviruses and include the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in southern Florida, which is the principal host of Black Creek Canal virus.
The deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) in Canada and the western United States is the principal host of Sin Nombre virus The white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) in the eastern United States is the principal host of New York virus
See also
External links
- Sloan Science and Film / Short Films / Muerto Canyon by Jen Peel 29 minutes
- "Hantaviruses, with emphasis on Four Corners Hantavirus" by Brian Hjelle, M.D., Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico
- CDC's Hantavirus Technical Information Index page
- Viralzone: Hantavirus
- Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Bunyaviridae
- Occurrences and deaths in North and South America
References
- Koster FT. Levy H. Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome: a new twist to an established pathogen. In: Fong IW, editor; Alibek K, editor. New and Evolving Infections of the 21st Century. New York: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.; 2006. pp. 151–170.
- Nichol ST. Beaty BJ. Elliott RM. Goldbach R, et al. Family Bunyaviridae. In: Fauquet CM, editor; Mayo MA, editor; Maniloff J, editor; Desselberger U, et al., editors. Virus Taxonomy: 8th Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press;
- Rollin PE. Ksiazek TG. Elliott LH. Ravkov EV, et al. Isolation of Black Creek Canal virus, a new hantavirus from Sigmodon hispidus in Florida. J Med Virol. 1995;46:35–39.
- Glass GE. Livingstone W. Mills JN. Hlady WG, et al. Black Creek Canal virus infection in Sigmodon hispidus in southern Florida. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1998;59:699–703. ]
- Childs JE. Ksiazek TG. Spiropoulou CF. Krebs JW, et al. Serologic and genetic identification of Peromyscus maniculatus as the primary rodent reservoir for a new hantavirus in the southwestern United States. J Infect Dis. 1994;169:1271–1280.
- Drebot MA. Gavrilovskaya I. Mackow ER. Chen Z, et al. Genetic and serotypic characterization of Sin Nombre-like viruses in Canadian Peromyscus maniculatus mice. Virus Res. 2001;75:75–86.
- Hjelle B. Lee SW. Song W. Torrez-Martinez N, et al. Molecular linkage of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome to the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus: genetic characterization of the M genome of New York virus. J Virol. 1995;69:8137–8141.