State Library of Pennsylvania STEMlab Adult Programs - 2024 Monthly Series

This Libguide is to accompany the virtual STEMlab Adult Programs for 2024

Hantaviruses Event Details

Science Programs for Adults: Hantaviruses - March 21, 2024

March 21 , Noon to 1 pm

Do mice make you sick? They can, and we will tell you how.

Recording - STEMLab Lunch and Learn: Hantaviruses

Read More About Hantaviruses

Online Sources

How People Get Hantavirus Infections
The CDC page on hantaviruses
Rodents in the United States That Carry Hantavirus
Vectors to watch out for in the U.S.
Pa. parks heed hantavirus warnings
A 2012 scare and how DCNR dealt with it
Complete Genome Sequences of Monongahela Hantavirus from Pennsylvania, USA
An article on the hantavirus found in Pennsylvania
Hantavirus
The Pennsylvania Game Commission page on hantavirus
Hantaviruses in Africa
Originally thought to have no hantaviruses, recent discoveries have invalidated that belief
Hantaviruses Have a Cousin in Africa
Another article on the African strains
Human seroprevalence indicating hantavirus infections in tropical rainforests of Côte d’Ivoire and Democratic Republic of Congo
Hantavirus signatures can be pulled from even people who had asymptomatic illness
Pathogen Safety Data Sheets: Infectious Substances – Hantavirus spp.
The Canadians also have some experience with hantaviruses
Hantaviruses
An overview of the vriruses
Facts about hantavirus
From the European Union's version of the CDC
Hantavirus - Fact sheet about Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
The main symptom caused by hantaviruses
What is hantavirus?
An overview from the California Department of Public Health
A Global Perspective on Hantavirus Ecology, Epidemiology, and Disease
A more technical overview of hantaviruses and the various places they are found
Hantavirus Infection
Even Wisconsin has outbreaks of hantavirus infection
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
The CDC overview of this syndrome
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS)
The more severe version of hantavirus infection
A Brief History of Bunyaviral Family Hantaviridae
The hantavirus family and its genus
Hantavirus Infections among Military Forces
Our original experience with a hantavirus, which was during the Korean War
Hantavirus: A Closer Look at the Hidden Threats from Rodents
A short but more accessible article on the topic