CHAART Sensor Evaluation: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Characteristics

Infectious agent: Hantavirus genus

Transmission: Aerosolized rodent excreta presumed; cases in the Four Corners area reported in years of above-average rodent populations, possibly in response to increased food sources following wet years

Reservoir: Primarily Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse), although other rodents also implicated

United States Occurrence

Hantavirus Distribution
Occurrence key: yellow = low, orange = medium, and red = high
North America AVHRR-derived NDVI image for 1994

Source

Epidemiology of HPS Slideset. 1999. Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Global Occurrence

Hantavirus Distribution
Global mean AVHRR-derived NDVI image for 1987

Sources

Isselbacher, K.J., J.B Martin, E. Braunwald, A.S. Fauci, J.D. Wilson, D.L. Kasper (eds). 1994. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 13th Ed. McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Jong, E.C., and R. McMullen (eds). 1995. The Travel and Tropical Medicine Manual. 2nd Ed., W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.

Tierney, L.M., Jr., S.J. McPhee, M.A. Papadakis (eds). 1996. Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment. 35th Ed. Appleton and Lange, Stamford, CT.

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Last updated: 23 Nov 1999