Hantaviruses

de R. W. Compans, M. Cooper, Y. Ito, H. Koprowski

Hantaviruses are rodent-borne RNA viruses with the family Bunyaviridae. This volume imparts considerable insight into hantavirus replication, pathogenesis and evolution, and provides a basis for understanding the high human pathogenicity of these viruses and their continued maintenance and transmission within the rodent population.