Hantavirus Definition
hăntə-vīrəs
hantaviruses
noun
Any of a group of RNA viruses (family Bunyaviridae); esp., one spread by contact with rodent urine and feces, causing flulike symptoms and sometimes a fatal lung or kidney disease.
Webster's New World
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hantavirusesOrigin of Hantavirus
After the Hantaan River, South Korea (near which Westerners were first infected by the virus in the 1950s)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the name of the Hantan River in South Korea, via the genus name Hantavirus.
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