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Deadly rodent-borne hantavirus is an emerging disease with pandemic potential

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Virginia Tech researchers have gained a better understanding of this insidious virus by studying its rodent hosts in North America .

Hantavirus is considered an emerging disease of pandemic potential with symptoms that resemble severe COVID-19 infections.

The pathogen is spread to humans by inhalation of aerosolized excreta, urine, or saliva from asymptomatic rodent hosts, and it can be fatal in humans.

Abdelghafar Alkishe , a Virginia Tech 2022-23 presidential postdoctoral fellow, also worked on this study. Story Source: Journal Reference: - Francisca Astorga, Abdelghafar Alkishe , Paanwaris Paansri , Gabriel Mantilla , Luis E. Escobar . Hantavirus in rodents in the United States : Temporal and spatial trends and report of new hosts. Ecosphere, 2025 ; 16 ( 3 ) DOI: 10.1002 /ecs2.70209 Cite This Page:.

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