Andes virus
Viruses
Hantavirus causing pulmonary syndrome in South America.
1.25Uncommon
Uncommon
Andes virus
- Viruses
Andes virus (ANDV) is a virus in the genus Orthohantavirus and the most common cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in South America. It is transmitted mainly by the long-tailed pygmy rice rat, with people generally infected by inhaling aerosols of rodent saliva, urine, or feces. Human infection can progress from fever, headache, and fatigue to sudden respiratory failure. The virus was first identified in Argentina in 1995.
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- Primary reservoir
- Long-tailed pygmy rice rat
- First identified
- 1995 in Argentina
- Genome
- About 12.1 kb, in three negative-sense single-stranded RNA segments
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Andes virus (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q29002475
- Text
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- Popularity
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