Hantavirus Infections in Turkey

• Main Authors: Güven ÇELEBİ, Mustafa SÖZEN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Turkish
• Published: Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi 2009
• Subjects: Hantavirus; Kidney failure; Acute; Rodentia; Disease outbreaks; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Microbiology; QR1-502; Tula; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/4edd18e2684d4469a6767adc26009768

Hantaviruses are a group of rodent-borne enveloped RNA viruses belonging to the genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae. Hantaviruses cause two type of disease in people: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS). Type and severity of the disease are c...