The Potential Risk Factors of Hantavirus Transmission to Humans from Infected Rodents in Malaysia
Zoonotic hantavirus is a negative single-stranded RNA virus from the family Bunyaviridae which is known to cause two significant rodent-borne diseases in humans namely hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), affecting about 30 000 people worldwide each year. HFRS is a disea...