1. Hantavirus Information Network Information about the North American hantavirus, HPS epidemiology statistics, prevention, and links. http://www.hantavirus.net/

An online information network about the NEW WORLD HANTAVIRUS and HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME In 1993, a previously unknown infectious disease agent was discovered by a task force of scientists in New Mexico. This disease agent occurs naturally throughout most of North and South America; it is airborne, and in the absence of prompt medical attention, its infections are usually fatal. This disease is called Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). It can affect anyone, but given some fundamental knowledge, it can also be very easy to prevent. Basic facts about HPS and the hantavirus How HPS can affect you Preventing HPS HPS Frequently-Asked Questions ... About www.hantavirus.net

2. MedlinePlus: Hantavirus Infections Directory of factsheets, articles, and news stories. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hantavirusinfections.html

@import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Other health topics: A B C D ... List of All Topics Hantavirus Infections Contents of this page: Overviews Diagnosis/Symptoms Treatment Prevention/Screening ... Statistics Search MEDLINE/PubMed for recent research articles on Hantavirus Infections You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages: Infections Overviews All about Hantavirus (National Center for Infectious Diseases) Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (American Lung Association) Diagnosis/Symptoms What Are the Symptoms of HPS? (National Center for Infectious Diseases) Treatment What Is the Treatment for HPS? (National Center for Infectious Diseases) Prevention/Screening How Is Hantavirus Transmitted? (National Center for Infectious Diseases) Precautions for Campers and Hikers in the Affected Areas (National Center for Infectious Diseases) Tips for Preventing HPS: Clean Up Infested Areas, Using Safety Precautions (National Center for Infectious Diseases) Tips for Preventing HPS: Prevention Indoors and Outdoors (National Center for Infectious Diseases) Who Is at Risk of Getting HPS, and Why?

3. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Hantavirus Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, complications, treatment, and prevention. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001382.htm

@import url(/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Medical Encyclopedia Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Hantavirus Contents of this page: Illustrations Alternative names Definition Causes, incidence, and risk factors ... Prevention Illustrations Hanta virus Respiratory system overview Alternative names Return to top Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Definition Return to top Hantavirus is a disease characterized by flu-like symptoms followed by respiratory failure. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top Hantavirus has probably caused people to get sick for years in the United States, but it was not recognized until recently. A 1993 outbreak of fatal respiratory illness on an Indian reservation in the Four Corners area (the border of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona) led epidemiologists to the discovery of hantavirus as the causative agent. Since that discovery, hantavirus disease has been reported in every western state, and in many eastern states. Hantavirus is carried by rodents, particularly deer mice, and is present in their urine and feces. The virus does not cause disease in the carrier animal. Humans are thought to become infected when they are exposed to contaminated dust from the nests or droppings of mice. The disease is not, however, passed between humans. Contaminated dust is often encountered when cleaning long-vacated dwellings, sheds, or other enclosed areas.

4. Zoonosis Program - Disease Control And Environmental Epidemiology hantavirus FAQs about this deadly disease. http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/zoonosis/hanta/hantahom.html

Department Home About the Department Certificates Environment Index ... Regulations search entire web search www.cdphe.state.co.us Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Deer Mouse ( Peromyscus maniculatus In May 1993, an outbreak of an unexplained pulmonary illness occurred in the southwestern United States, in an area shared by Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah known as "The Four Corners." A number of previously healthy young adults suddenly developed acute respiratory symptoms; about half died. Researchers soon suspected that they were dealing with a form of hantavirus, which is transmitted by rodents. Investigating the possible rodent connection, researchers trapped rodents in the affected area until the virus and its principal carrier — the deer mouse — were positively identified. By November 1993, the specific virus that caused the Four Corners outbreak was isolated. The new virus was called Sin Nombre virus and the new disease caused by the virus was named hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, or HPS. Hantavirus is present in the saliva, urine, and feces of infected mice. People are infected by breathing in the virus during direct contact with rodents or from disturbing dust and feces from mice nests or surfaces contaminated with mice droppings or urine.

5. Hantavirus Facts Features cause, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention. http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/hanta.html

Hantavirus HPS is caused by a type of virus called a hantavirus. The hantavirus that causes HPS is carried by rodents found throughout North America. People get HPS when they breathe in dust that is contaminated with saliva, urine, or droppings from infected rodents. No anti-virus drug is effective against HPS, and there is no vaccine. To prevent HPS, avoid contact with rodents, and avoid inhaling dust that might be contaminated with rodent urine, saliva, or droppings. What is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome? Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare but serious, and often deadly, lung infection. What is the infectious agent that causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome? Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is caused by the Sin Nombre virus. This virus is a type of hantavirus. Most hantaviruses attack the kidneys, but the Sin Nombre virus attacks the lungs. It infects the walls of the capillaries (tiny blood vessels in the lungs), making them leak and flooding the lungs with fluid. Where is hantavirus pulmonary syndrome found?

6. Homepage | CDC Hantaviruses General information, technical resources for healthcare providers, contacts, case reports and maps, teaching resources, and news. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/

National Center for Infectious Diseases Special Pathogens Branch All About Hantaviruses All About Hantaviruses Home General Information Technical Information Contact Us Site Contents General Information Technical Information State Contacts Case Information ... Glossary of Terms Go To... Special Pathogens Branch Web Page NCID Home CDC Home Got Mice? Seal Up! Trap Up! Clean Up! Learn how to prevent Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: What You Need To Know Specimen Submission HPS Specimen Submission Guidelines Guidelines and Recommendations "Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome - United States: Updated Recommendations for Risk Reduction" Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , July 26, 2002/Vol. 51/No. RR-9

7. Homepage | CDC Hantaviruses General information, technical resources for healthcare providers, contacts, case reports and maps, teaching resources, and news. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/index.htm

National Center for Infectious Diseases Special Pathogens Branch All About Hantaviruses All About Hantaviruses Home General Information Technical Information Contact Us Site Contents General Information Technical Information State Contacts Case Information ... Glossary of Terms Go To... Special Pathogens Branch Web Page NCID Home CDC Home Got Mice? Seal Up! Trap Up! Clean Up! Learn how to prevent Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome: What You Need To Know Specimen Submission HPS Specimen Submission Guidelines Guidelines and Recommendations "Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome - United States: Updated Recommendations for Risk Reduction" Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , July 26, 2002/Vol. 51/No. RR-9

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11. Hantavirus Fact Sheet Information regarding symptoms and prevention measures for hantavirus. http://www.doh.wa.gov/topics/hanta.htm

You are here: DOH Home Topics A-Z » Hantavirus Search Employees Hantavirus What is hantavirus? It is a virus that causes Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), a form of adult respiratory disease syndrome. HPS was first reported in the United States in the spring of 1993. As of November 2003, 353 cases had been reported in the U.S. Thirty eight percent of the people died as a result of the infection. Have hantavirus cases occurred in Washington? Twenty-six HPS cases have been reported in Washington. Three cases have been reported in Lewis, King and Grant counties and two each in Lincoln, Stevens, Adams, Franklin, Klickitat, Snohomish, and Yakima counties. San Juan, Skagit and Pierce counties have had one case each. What are the symptoms of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome? Symptoms usually begin one to three weeks after exposure to infected deer mice. HPS is characterized by fever, chills and muscle aches, followed by the abrupt onset of respiratory distress and shortness of breath. The muscle aches are severe, involving the thighs, hips, back and sometimes the shoulder. Other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Where is hantavirus found and how common is it?

12. Hantavirus Information Network Information about the North American hantavirus, HPS epidemiology statistics, prevention, and links. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

13. Notifiable Condition: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Notifiable Conditions Index page for hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) http://www.doh.wa.gov/notify/nc/hantavirus.htm

You are here: DOH Home Notifiable Conditions » Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Index Search Employees Site Directory: Notifiable Conditions: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Other links concerning Notifiable Conditions Local Health Jurisdictions How to Report a Notifiable Condition Reporting Forms Glossary ... EpiTrends Posters (PDF, 645KB) (PDF, 529KB) (PDF, 314KB) (PDF, 117KB) (PDF, 129KB) Associated Programs Communicable Disease Epidemiology WEDSS (Washington Electronic Disease Surveillance System) PDF documents require the free Acrobat Reader. Click here to download a copy Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) HPS in Washington State New requirements for the reporting of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) were instituted in December of 2000. Since its recognition in 1993, there have been 23 reported cases of HPS in Washington through June 2002 with 8 associated deaths. Deer mice are the primary reservoir for hantavirus in Washington State; exposure to their nests, urine, feces or saliva places individuals at risk for developing infection. Hantavirus is not transmitted from person to person.

14. Judge Awards $2.1 Million Over Hantavirus Error CNN http://cnn.com/2001/US/06/13/hantavirus.case.ap/index.html

15. Hantavirus Fact Sheet Information regarding symptoms and prevention measures for hantavirus http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

16. Scientists Warn Of Hantavirus Threat As People Head To The Outdoors CNN http://cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/05/29/hanta.virus.ap/index.html

17. Hantavirus Fact Sheet Home Communicable disease facts hantavirus Communicable Diseases and Epidemiology hantavirus fact sheet What is hantavirus? http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

18. Basic Facts About HPS And The Hantavirus Natural hantavirus hosts Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). deermouse.html Last Modified 10/01/1998. Rule . Image of deer mouse Another image of http://www.hantavirus.net/hosts/deermouse.html

Natural hantavirus hosts Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus deermouse.html Last Modified: 10/01/1998 Characteristics Adult Size: 4-9 inches long; tail is slightly less than half of total length. Appearance: Grey to dark brown, with white underside and white feet. Large eyes. Tail is short-haired and sharply "two-toned": darker on top, lighter on bottom. Insidiously cute. Habitat: In the field, the deer mouse is usually found in deserts, scrublands, and woodlands. Thrives in dry land. Especially places where brush and vegitation are plentiful; weeds and grasses provide food and cover. Can be found in forest areas and grasslands. The deer mouse can also be found in urban areas, as it has few problems with adaptation. The deer mouse is a poor climber and is usually found on or close to the ground. Miscellaneous: The deer mouse is almost strictly nocturnal. Two general forms exist: woodland and prairie. Woodland forms are usually larger, with bigger body and longer tail. This mouse's food consists of seeds, nuts, acorns and insects; it will store its food. If you need another reason to hate this rodent, it is also a reservoir for Lyme borreliosis , the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. (However, Lyme disease is usually transmitted to humans by ticks.)

19. CNN - Medical Machine Can Be Lifesaver For Hantavirus Victims - August 25, 1998 CNN http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9808/25/hantavirus/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD ASIANOW U.S. ... news quiz CNN WEB SITES: TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW MORE SERVICES: video on demand video archive audio on demand news email services ... pagenet DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback SITE GUIDES: help contents search FASTER ACCESS: europe japan WEB SERVICES: Medical machine can be lifesaver for hantavirus victims The ECMO machine is used to treat hantavirus victims August 25, 1998 Web posted at: 10:26 p.m. EDT (0226 GMT) From Correspondent Jennifer Auther ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (CNN) The hantavirus is one of the deadliest viruses known. While there is no cure or specific treatment for the infection, there is one machine that seems to save lives. One week before she was hooked up to a life-saving medical device, Annie Merrian, 18, was cleaning a cabin in southwestern Colorado. Within days, she was drowning in serum from her own blood. With definitive tests pending, doctors at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque were all but sure she had contracted the potentially deadly hantavirus. But they needed to buy time. "We do believe the ECMO can save critically ill patients with heart and lung failure from hantavirus," said the hospital's Dr. Mark Crowley.

20. FASEB Breakthroughs Essay - The Hantavirus Serendipity, Science, and a New hantavirus by Sylvia Wrobel Reprinted from The FASEB Journal, Vol. 9, October 1995. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

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