A large family of viruses containing single-stranded RNA that infect a wide range of vertebrate hosts; some are responsible for hemorrhagic fever. Hantavirus is the best-known human pathogen in this virus family.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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