"Sin Nombre virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of HANTAVIRUS which emerged in the Four Corners area of the United States in 1993. It causes a serious, often fatal pulmonary illness (HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME) in humans. Transmission is by inhaling aerosolized rodent secretions that contain virus particles, carried especially by deer mice (PEROMYSCUS maniculatus) and pinyon mice (P. truei).
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D029261
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.087.440.700
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sin Nombre virus" by people in Profiles.
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Use of a Novel Detection Tool to Survey Orthohantaviruses in Wild-Caught Rodent Populations. Viruses. 2022 03 25; 14(4).
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Tracing Transmission of Sin Nombre Virus and Discovery of Infection in Multiple Rodent Species. J Virol. 2021 11 09; 95(23):e0153421.
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Neutralizing antibodies and Sin Nombre virus RNA after recovery from hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Mar; 10(3):478-82.
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Rapid and simple method for screening wild rodents for antibodies to Sin Nombre hantavirus. J Wildl Dis. 2003 Apr; 39(2):271-7.