Andrew W Taylor-Robinson Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Hantavirus, Pathogen, Rodent, Anthropogenic, Immunity
School of Medical & Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia
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Author(s): Abdullah Mahmud-Al-Rafat, Mahbub-E-Sobhani and Andrew W Taylor-Robinson
Hantaviruses commonly infect rodents in which they do not cause any significant symptoms of disease. In contrast, humans serve occasionally as a dead-end host when they inadvertently become infected through the bite of an infectious rodent or via contact with its urine, faeces and/or saliva. The virus was first recognized in the 1970s as a cause of severe haemorrhagic fever. The outcome is fatal in up to 50% of cases due to view moreĀ»