Strain intelligence
Each hantavirus species has one main rodent reservoir and a distinctive geographic footprint. Click through for clinical, epidemiological, and current-outbreak detail per strain.
Andes orthohantavirus is the only hantavirus with documented person-to-person transmission, requiring close prolonged contact.
Sin Nombre virus is the dominant strain in the southwestern United States, causing hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
Puumala virus causes a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (nephropathia epidemica).
Hantaan virus is the prototype species, causing classic hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome with up to ~10% case fatality in untreated cases.
Seoul virus has a global distribution due to its reservoir, the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), which travels with human commerce.
Dobrava-Belgrade virus causes the most severe form of HFRS in Europe with case fatality up to 12%.
Bayou virus is the second most common cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the United States after Sin Nombre.