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hantavirus

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han·ta·vi·rus  (hnt-vrs)
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  (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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