All are true regarding Hanta virus Except ?: (A) DNA virus, (B) Carried by rodents, (C) Causes recurrent respiratory infection, (D) Haemorrhagic manifestation may occur
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., DNA virus . It is a RNA virus belonging to family Bunyaviridae. . Transmission is from rodent to rodent and rodent to human is primarily respiratory, by inhalation of the virus contained in dried excreta. . Hantavirus species are natural pathogens of rodents - field mice being the major host . Disease caused by Hantaviruses : - Milder epidemic nephritis - Serious epidemic hemorrhagic fever - Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome