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Virus Name:
Hantaan
Abbreviation:
HTNV
Status
Possible Arbovirus
Select Agent
No
SALS Level
3
SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.
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Antigenic Group
3
Section X - Histopathology
Character of lesions (specify host)
Hemorrhagic lesions are found in the pituitary, the right atrium and the kidney. Edema in retroperitoneal tissues and mesentery. Intense capillary congestion and small areas of necrosis in the viscera (M).
Inclusion Bodies
Intranuclear
Organs/Tissues Affected
Heart: hemorrhage in the right atrium. Kidney: severe congestion of medulla. Pituitary gland: congestion and necrosis inanterior lobe. Lung: edema: (M) Virus grows in lung, kidney, liver,and parotid glands (LV).
Category of tropism
Kidney, parotid glands. (M) Lung, kidney and parotid glands (LV).
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