Old world hantaviruses are found in Europe and Asia, including the puumala hantavirus, which uses the bank vole as its host, ...

Hantavirus recently made news headlines as the cause of death for Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, but little ...

The virus can spread through the urine, feces or saliva of wild rodents, including deer mice. To limit the risk of infection, ...

This explains the differences between hantaviruses of the New and the Old World, but also some common features. [3] Until now, there is no WHO-approved hantavirus vaccine available. However ...

One of the most serious complications is the build-up of fluid in the lungs, significantly hindering breathing. Without immediate medical intervention, hantavirus can lead to respiratory failure, with ...

But the Seoul Virus which can cause HFRS, can be found all over the world including the U.S. Hantavirus can be spread by inhaling it, eating food contaminated by the virus, touching items that are ...

MONO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Three deaths in California have been linked to the Hantavirus. Mono County Public Health says each of the recent cases were people who lived and worked in Mammoth ...

Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in mid-February, roughly a week before the 95-year-old Hackman died of heart failure ... Multiple hantaviruses have been reported around the world, ...

Hantavirus, found throughout the world, is spread by contact with rodents or their urine or feces. It does not spread between people. The virus can cause a severe and sometimes deadly lung ...

After news broke that Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, died of hantavirus a week before her 95-year-old husband died of ... can be found all over the world including the U.S. Hantavirus ...