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HANTAVIRUSES [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viral Diseases
  • Urinary Tract
Universal entry(ies)
A98.5
classification system code, see observation
DEF

... a group of clinically similar illnesses caused by hantaviruses from the family Bunyaviridae.

CONT

HFRS includes diseases such as Korean hemorrhagic fever, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, and nephropathis epidemica. The viruses that cause HFRS include Hantaan, Dobrava, Saaremaa, Seoul, and Puumala.

OBS

A98.5: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies virales
  • Appareil urinaire
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
A98.5
classification system code, see observation
DEF

[Ensemble de] maladie[s] due[s] à des Hantavirus appartenant à la famille des Bunyaviridae.

OBS

A98.5 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Human Diseases
DEF

Any of several [RNA] viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes.

OBS

Plural :hantaviruses.

Key term(s)
  • hantaviruses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Maladies humaines
CONT

Les hantavirus sont des virus à ARN, enveloppés, classés en 8 sérotypes formant le genre Hantavirus dans la famille des Bunyaviridae. Certains hantavirus sont responsables d'une fièvre hémorragique avec syndrome rénal [...]

CONT

Le hantavirus dans les Amériques.

OBS

On retrouve «le» hantavirus ou «l'hantavirus». Il est préférable d'éviter l'élision.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

A virus of the arbovirus group which belongs to the same family as hantavirus and phlebovirus and which causes encephalitis and hemorrhagic fever.

OBS

Compare alphavirus, flavivirus, and philebovirus.

CONT

Viruses that have come to light more recently belong to three other families : arenaviruses, bunyaviruses(a group that includes the hantaviruses) and filoviruses. They have names like Puumala, Guanarito and Ebola, taken from places where they first caused recognized outbreaks of disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie

Spanish

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