Talk:Orthohantavirus/Archive 1

Korean hemorrhific fever(sp) just redirects to the same page

lol what is the point of that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.182.51 (talk) 01:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Hantaan River?

This article mentions a Hantaan River, presumably in Korea; other web pages about the origin of the Hantavirus also note that the Hantaan River is near Seoul or that it runs through the DMZ. However, "Hantaan River" sounds quite odd for the name of a Korean river, and I can't find any references to such a place apart from Hantavirus. I suppose it would have to be 한타안강 in Korean. Is it possible that this is just a confused version of the name of the Han River? --Reuben 06:12, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Answering my own question... it turns out that "Hantaan" is just an odd Romanization of 한탄강, i.e. Hantan River, a tributary of the Imjin River in Kangwondo. It's a popular river for white-water rafting. --Reuben 17:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

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Nevada cases?

Is there really no record of cases in Nevada (when all of the surrounding states have recorded cases), or is this just an oversight? 165.83.91.146 22:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)Jonathan Hurst

Looks like 18 cases [1]. The article only lists states with at least 30. --Reuben 23:02, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Plagarism?

I didn't give this a thorough lookover, but what I did see matches exactly what I read off of the Centers for Disease Control pages on this, found here. Take a look and compare each section with the sections labeled on here. I think this needs a thorough rewrite to get rid of the plagarism... since it's flat-out copy-and-pasting. I doubt the CDC would go and plagarise Wikipedia, especially since they are tied with the government. --DEMONIIIK 04:14, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree that any copied/pasted sections should be re-written ASAP. In response to 170.215.91.4, even if the CDC allows people copied text (as long as it's cited), I don't think Wikipedia should include such info as an independent encyclopedia. In fact, I believe copying text from any source (regardless of copyright policy) is against Wikipedia policy. JeffreyN 05:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Virus class and Virus

Hantaviruses, which this article is about is a whole class of virus. There is also the Hantaan virus, which the class was named after. The Hantaan virus is listed under Hantan River. It needs its own separate article and links. Thanks! 71.117.93.160 20:47, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Sweating sickness

I have read a theory that this is the same virus as the sweating sickness that killed thousands in 15th century england. Not sure however if this is in any way accepted or widely enough thought to mention it on the page. just wondering if anyone knows anything more about this?81.62.176.165 (talk) 22:16, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Mortality

has anyone seen any citable mortality stats for either or both of the clinical manifestations? i'm a little surprised at their abscence from the cdc page. the n is small, but i would have expected them anyway.Toyokuni3 (talk) 16:53, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Personal information inserted at the beginning dated 1/6/2009

I don't have the time nor the patience to remove the stuff at the beginning. I'm going to look for the "attention" tag to flag it for someone who has the patience to weed through the stuff with personal attribution and merge or delete it and to delete the personal informmation or move it to the talk page. Spalding (talk) 00:36, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Treatment option

I blanked the treatment section in this version of the article, as it was wholly unsourced. I propose to replace it with the generic “antiviral therapy may be effective if started during the initial stage of infection (during flu-like symptoms). If treatment is not initiated during the initial phase, then intensive care is required.” However, that is more-or-less unsourced too, so putting it here instead of in the article proper. Bwrs (talk) 20:44, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Article categorization

This article was categorized based on scheme outlined at WP:DERM:CAT. Calmer Waters 07:58, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

House Mouse Flu

The article indicates that this is also known as "House Mouse Flu", however most of the web pages I've read suggest that house mice are rarely if ever associated with hantavirus. Captain Packrat (talk) 06:54, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Article discrepancy

Within the "Virology" section of this article, there appears to be conflicting information as to the origin of the G1 and G2 glycoproteins: The "Genome" section says "The M RNA encodes a polyprotein that is cotranslationally cleaved to yield the envelope glycoproteins G1 and G2," but then the "Virions" section says "G1 and G2 proteins [are] derived from the S segment." Which is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.49.224.154 (talk) 22:36, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Layperson's comment: Under the Febrile phase bullet of the Symptoms section, it is stated that "These symptoms normally occur for three to seven days and arise about two to three weeks after exposure." The Center for Disease Control website contradicts this by stating that "Due to the small number of HPS cases, the "incubation time" is not positively known. However, on the basis of limited information, it appears that symptoms may develop between 1 and 5 weeks after exposure..." (http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hps/symptoms.html). 76.167.122.240 (talk) 02:37, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Way too technical

The introductory paragraph should be something that an intelligent layperson could understand. Currently, instead of the first sentence saying what hantavirus *is*, it starts with a bunch of (useless to most people) Latin and Greek taxonomy. That sort of information, while important, should be in a sidebar or pushed down to a detailed, in depth section. (Oh, wait, I just double checked and that information is in the side bar, so why is it cluttering up the introductory sentence?)

The first paragraph should answer the "five W's". What is hantavirus? Who does it affect? Where is it happening? When? Why is it important? Currently it answers none of those. I think most readers would also be interested to know, at a cursory level, How is it spread? How fast is it spreading? How can it be prevented? Who is taking action and what are they doing to stop the spread?

Instead of just criticizing, here's an example of what a good introductory paragraph would look like: "Hantavirus is a disease spread by rodent feces that is currently (2011) a worldwide problem, but is particularly prevalent in Asia, South America, and the United States. Symptoms include respiratory failure and hemorrhagic fever [...I'd put more symptoms in here but I can't find a short summary in the gobbledygook we call an article...]. Although hantavirus has been known since the 1970's, it didn't come to popular media attention until 1993 when a previously unknown variant was discovered in the US. Because of the severity of the symptoms, the ease which it spreads through the "reservoir" (the host rodent population), and the lack of treatment options for victims, this disease is widely feared in the general populace. Governmental organizations, such as the CDC in the US, are taking steps, mainly education about rodents, to prevent a pandemic." 67.183.110.101 (talk) 23:21, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I agree with your assessment and suggestions and was surprised at the state of the article when I first read it several weeks ago. I've made a few changes, but there's a lot more to be done. I encourage you to be bold and make some of them. Thanks! Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 23:13, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

HFRS

while the title refers to this syndrome as hemorrhagic, and thrombocytopenia is mentioned under the 'hypotensive' phase, nowhere in this section is hemorrhage mentioned as a symptom. surely this must be some sort of oversight. hemorrhage where? the symptoms listed suggest rather a cytopenic anemia. in short, the section needs work from someone more qualified than i am.Toyokuni3 (talk) 22:07, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

See my comment above. I agree with you, too. Please don't feel that you have to be an expert on these viruses to edit the article. There's much room for improvement. Keepcalmandcarryon (talk) 23:15, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

On the populations history of american natives wiki...

Someone claimed in the discussion area that this illness(es) may have brought decline to the Aztec empire. Is that possible, and could/should that be added in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.176.80.65 (talk) 08:25, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

See #Apocalyptic, mysterious plague killed millions of Native Americans below. --Dan Harkless (talk) 09:20, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Prevention

I would like to add something more helpful under prevention, though I'm not expert. The following, much more helpful advice, is in a CNN article today. If it's rewritten but footnoted it can be used? Or can CNN be quoted as a source? I just don't think the prevention advice is helpful at all as it stands, and that should be the most important pat of an article such as this. "Officials urge people to clean areas of rodent infestation with caution. It's best not to vacuum or sweep, because that can push hantavirus particles into the air, where they can enter the lungs. Rather, people should wear gloves and use bleach where they see mouse droppings. They should let the bleach sit for 15 minutes before using a mop or sponge to clean up. Opening shuttered areas to air and sunlight also is suggested."http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/16/health/california-hantavirus/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chasbo2 (talk • contribs) 13:13, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Apocalyptic, mysterious plague killed millions of Native Americans

Might like to add this it is even know it is less likely hood that it took place. It seems like it should be added as a side note or something? I am not sure how that is added to this article thank you guys:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730237/ /> --OxAO (talk) 11:16, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

@OxAO: Nice find. But yeah, since the article concludes that cocoliztli probably wasn't hantavirus, but rather some other rodent-spread disease (and thus mimicked the hantavirus spread pattern in the face of a sustained drought followed by a wet period), it doesn't really belong in this article. The right place for it would be in Cocoliztli epidemics, and indeed, I see it's the second reference there. But it certainly seems reasonable to add Cocoliztli epidemics to the "See also" section of Orthohantavirus. I'll do so now. --Dan Harkless (talk) 09:10, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Prevention and treatment split according to syndrome

The section 'Prevention and treatment' currently seems to cover hantavirus pulmonary syndrome specifically. However, since I cannot find any reliable sources covering treatment of both symptoms I'm afraid making this distinction would be original research as the source currently used doesn't specify what is treated (although it's a pulmonary health association). Most sources have separate sections for both syndromes or cover only the locally relevant varieties. Sources I found: https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144531/http://www.lung.ca/diseases-maladies/a-z/hantavirus-hantavirus/index_e.php (current reference) http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/982142-treatment http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/236425-treatment http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hfrs/index.html http://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hps/diagnosis.html PinkShinyRose (talk) 02:31, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Hantavirus by Bill Nye for National Science Foundation

Hantavirus by Bill Nye for National Science Foundation

Suggested file to add to this article. — Cirt (talk) 23:36, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Sugar cane workers' kidney failure has connection to an infectious disease?

The high incidence of End Stage Kidney Failure in Sugar Cane regions, requiring Hemodialysis, has been attributed to lack of sufficient water intake during hard work shifts under hot and humid weather, also to pesticides, but: is the possibility of an infectious disease transmitted through rodents, specifically, animal urine contaminating worker's food, a reasonable concern? Hantavirus, spirochetes could perhaps be blamed for? Just isolating food from wilderness, and providing adequate rests during working hours, and an ample water supply would reduce incidence. Or not?. Thanks, regards, + Gesund --Caula (talk) 16:50, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

This is not a forum for asking questions. The place to ask is the WP:Reference desk. Jytdog (talk) 17:51, 26 February 2017 (UTC)