Sources and further reading
Primary authoritative links for hantavirus and HPS—use these when verifying or updating site content.
Use this page as the bibliography for the project. When agents or editors update articles, they should:
- Open the relevant source links.
- Adjust on-site wording only when it still matches authoritative guidance.
- Update
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United States — CDC
- About hantavirus
- Hantavirus prevention (includes exposure basics)
- Rodent control — seal gaps
- Clean up after rodents
- Clinical overview — HPS
- Clinical overview — HFRS
- Clinical overview index (HPS/HFRS hub)
Global context — WHO
- Hantavirus (health topic)
- Disease Outbreak News — Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel (May 2026)
Outbreak investigation context
Maintenance note
Some CDC PDFs and pages are versioned over time. Prefer linking to stable CDC topic URLs (as above) rather than copying long passages into this site.
Sources cited on this page
- CDC — Hantavirus (main portal) · accessed 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- WHO — Health topic (hantavirus) · accessed 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
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