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Descriptor English: Sin Nombre virus
Descriptor Spanish: Virus Sin Nombre
Descriptor virus sin nombre
Scope note: Especie de ORTHOHANTAVIRUS que surgió en la zona de Four Corners (Estados Unidos) en 1993. Produce una neumopatía grave, a menudo mortal (SÍNDROME PULMONAR POR HANTAVIRUS), en los seres humanos. La transmisión tiene lugar por inhalación de las secreciones aerosolizadas de roedores (especialmente ratones de las especies PEROMYSCUS maniculatus y P. truei) que contienen partículas víricas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vírus Sin Nombre
Descriptor French: Virus Sin nombre
Entry term(s): Four Corners Virus
Muerto Canyon Virus
Tree number(s): B04.820.480.750.440.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029261
Scope note: A species of ORTHOHANTAVIRUS which emerged in the Four Corners area of the United States in 1993. It causes a serious, often fatal pulmonary illness (HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME) in humans. Transmission is by inhaling aerosolized rodent secretions that contain virus particles, carried especially by deer mice (PEROMYSCUS maniculatus) and pinyon mice (P. truei).
Annotation: infection = HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Previous Indexing: Hantavirus (1994-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see HANTAVIRUS 1995-2001
History Note: 2002; use HANTAVIRUS 1995-2001
DeCS ID: 35600
Unique ID: D029261
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Sin Nombre virus - Preferred
Concept UI M0359084
Scope note A species of ORTHOHANTAVIRUS which emerged in the Four Corners area of the United States in 1993. It causes a serious, often fatal pulmonary illness (HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME) in humans. Transmission is by inhaling aerosolized rodent secretions that contain virus particles, carried especially by deer mice (PEROMYSCUS maniculatus) and pinyon mice (P. truei).
Preferred term Sin Nombre virus
Entry term(s) Four Corners Virus
Muerto Canyon Virus



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