Old World Hantavirus Infection in Rattus Species and Risk Management in Urban Neighborhoods of New Orleans, Louisiana

• Published in: Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference
• Main Authors: Freeman, Ashley, Cross, Robert, Riegel, Claudia, Waffa, Bradley, Brown, Joyce, Moses, Lina, Bennett, Andrew, Bond, Nell, Greene, Mary, Voss, Tom, Bausch, Daniel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2012
• Subjects: Bunyaviridae; hantavirus; Louisiana; New Orleans; Norway rat; Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus; roof rat; zoonotic disease; Life Sciences; Norway; Orleans
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/25v010f4

Hantaviruses are lipid-enveloped, tri-segmented RNA viruses belonging to the family Bunyaviridae. Hantaviruses are divided taxonomically into Old World and New World groups that typically cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, respectively. Each hantavirus is...