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hantavirus definition

hanta·virus (han′tə vī′rəs)

noun

any of a group of RNA viruses; esp., one spread by contact with rodent urine and feces, that can cause flulike symptoms and sometimes a fatal lung or kidney disease

Etymology: after Hantaan River in S. Korea, where the disease was first identified

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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