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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome /

by Leuenroth, Stephanie,
Published by : Chelsea House Publishers, (New York :) Physical details: 1 online resource, 102 pages : illustration (chiefly color), maps ; ISBN: 0791086763.
Subject(s): Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome -- Juvenile literature. | Hantaviruses -- Juvenile literature.
Year: 2006
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Includes bibliographical references.

Discovery and history of hantavirus -- Identifying the sin nombre strain: Clues from the Navajo -- New world strains of hantaviruses -- Old world Haantan viruses -- Military disease -- Cases reported since 1993 -- Hantavirus: anatomy of a pathogen: What is a virus? -- Bunyaviridae family -- Hantavirus genome -- Mechanisms of cellular entry, replication, and release -- Mechanisms of cellular destruction by hantavirus: How does a virus kill a cell -- Hantavirus specificity towards tissue type -- Comparison of HPS and HFRS -- Immune response: Our first line of defense against viruses: An overview of the immune system -- Immune response to viral infections -- Immune response to hantavirus -- Viral transmission: Rodent reservoirs -- Transmission to humans -- Transmission by humans -- Could hantavirus be used as a bioweapon? -- Clinical presentation and treatment: Symptoms -- Diagnosis -- Course of infection -- Treatment and vaccination -- Epidemiology of hantaviruses: Who is at risk for hantavirus infection? -- Statistics of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome -- Global presence: Preventing exposure: Limiting indoor exposure -- Limiting outdoor exposure -- Occupational hazards -- General safety precautions and rodent cleanup -- Prospects for the future -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Websites -- Further reading.

Covers the discovery and history of Hantavirus, as well as symptoms, treatment, and prevention.

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