Hantaan fever

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• Hantaan virus — Han·ta·an virus han tə ən , hən , hän n a bunyavirus of the genus Hantavirus (species Hantaan virus) that causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and esp. Korean hemorrhagic fever * * * a virus of the genus Hantavirus that causes severe… …   Medical dictionary

• Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …   Medical dictionary

• hantaan virus — ˈhantə.ən, ˈhən , ˈhän noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: from the Hantaan River in South Korea near where rodents carrying the virus were collected 1974 78 : a hantavirus that is the causative agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever and… …   Useful english dictionary

• Korean hemorrhagic fever virus — Hantaan v …   Medical dictionary

• Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome — A number of diseases, also known as hemorrhagic fever, characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and pain in the muscles, joints and abdomen with nausea and vomiting followed by bleeding into the kidney… …   Medical dictionary

• Korean hemorrhagic fever — n a hemorrhagic fever that is endemic to Asia and esp. Korea, Manchuria, and Siberia, is caused by the Hantaan virus, and is characterized by acute renal failure in addition to the usual symptoms of the hemorrhagic fevers called also epidemic… …   Medical dictionary

• korean hemorrhagic fever — noun Usage: usually capitalized K : a hemorrhagic fever that is endemic to Asia, is caused by the hantaan virus, and is characterized by acute renal failure in addition to the usual symptoms of the hemorrhagic fevers …   Useful english dictionary

• Hantavirus — A group of viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever and pneumonia. The Hantaviruses include the Hantaan virus that causes Korean (and Manchurian) hemorrhagic fever. The Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) struck the Four Corner area (where the States …   Medical dictionary

• Hantavirus — Taxobox name = Hantavirus image caption = Transmission electron micrograph of the Sin Nombre Hantavirus virus group = v familia = Bunyaviridae genus = Hantavirus subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = Andes virus (ANDV) Bayou virus (BAYV)… …   Wikipedia

• Virus — A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with… …   Medical dictionary

• hantavirus — /hahn teuh vuy reuhs, han /, n., pl. hantaviruses. any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes. [1975 80; after the Hantaan River in… …   Universalium