Definitions for "Hantavirus"
A virus that can be transmitted to humans, spread from rodent urine and feces .
Any of a group of viruses carried by rodents that cause fever, accompanied by internal bleeding, low blood pressure, shock and severe respiratory infections in humans. ( 6-14)
Type of RNA virus. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and Korean hemorrhagic fever are caused by viruses in the genus Hantavirus.