| hantaan virus infection among human and rat populations in alexandria. | hantaan virus has recently been identified as the cause of the rodent borne viral zoonosis collectively termed hantavirus disease (hvd). although the disease is mainly endemic in two main areas, clinical forms as well as positive antibody testing from healthy persons throughout the world have been reported denoting a worldwide presence. rattus species are almost universally implicated as hantavirus reservoirs. screening for hantavirus antibodies was done on 637 samples of human sera and 861 rode ... | 1996 | 17217009 |