han·ta·vi·rus (h n t -v  rs)n. Any of a group of viruses carried by rodents that cause epidemic hemorrhagic fever and severe respiratory infections in humans. [After the Hantan River, South Korea (near which Westerners were first infected by the virus in the 1950s).] |
hantavirus [ˈhæntəˌvaɪrəs]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) any one of a group of viruses that are transmitted to humans by rodents and cause disease of varying severity, ranging from a mild form of influenza to respiratory or kidney failure
[from Hanta(an), river in North and South Korea where the disease was first reported + virus]
| hantavirus (hnt-vrs) Any of a group of viruses of the genus Hantavirus, carried by rodents, that cause severe respiratory infections in humans and, in some cases, hemorrhaging, kidney disease, and death. |
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