Several viruses from the genus Orthohantavirus are known to cause lethal disease in humans. Sigmodontinae rodents are the main hosts responsible for hantavirus transmission in the tropical forests, savannas, and wetlands of South America. These rodents can shed different hantaviruses, such as the lethal and emerging Araraquara orthohantavirus.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/hantavirus-host-assemblages-and-human-disease-atlantic-forest
[2] https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0007655
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ricardo-siqueira-bovendorp
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/viral-diseases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rodents
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tropical-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/brazil
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-america
