Hantavirus

Hantavirus is a genus of viruses in the Bunyaviridae family. The primary species of hantavirus in the American Southwest is Sin Nombre Virus (SNV). Its main host, the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), can carry the virus in feces, urine, and saliva. The most common mode of transmission to humans is inhalation of aerosolized particles containing the virus. SNV is highly pathogenic, causing most people who are infected to develop hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The syndrome consists of two phases – a prodromal phase characterized by fever, headache, and myalgia, sometimes accompanied by abdominal pain, vomiting, and/or diarrhea, and a second phase characterized by shock, hypotension, and pulmonary edema.

Healthy Homes Healthy People Project

Navajo Nation Hantavirus Surveillance Report (1992-2016)

Exposure Characteristics of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Patients, United States, 1993–2015

Notes from the Field-Exported Case of Sin Nombre Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

Understanding Hantavirus

Frequently Asked Questions: Hantavirus and Zika virus

Hantavirus Disease and COVID-19-Evaluation of the Hantavirus 5-Point Screen in 139 COVID-19 Patients

COVID-19 and Hantavirus - Intersecting Paths of Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases

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Active Bacterial Surveillance

Navajo Nation Active Bacterial Surveillance Report June 2024

Navajo Nation Active Bacterial Surveillance Report February 2024

The burden of Staphylococcus aureus among Native Americans on the Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation Active Bacterial Surveillance Report September 2023

Navajo Nation Active Bacterial Surveillance Report December 2023

Community-Acquired Invasive GAS Disease among Native Americans, Arizona, USA, Winter 2013

Hypervirulent emm59 Clone in iGAS Outbreak, SW US, 2015