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hantavirus(dictionary)
hantavirus(encyclopedia)
hantavirus infections(medicine)
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome(medicine)

hantavirus (iou)



hantavirus noun. L20.
[mod. Latin, from Hantaan, the Korean river where the virus was first isolated + VIRUS.]
Any of a group of viruses carried by rodents and causing various febrile haemorrhagic diseases, often with kidney damage or failure.