Profile
- Short name: SNV
- Family: New World
- Reservoir: Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
- Primary region: United States, Canada, Mexico
- Causes: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
- Case-fatality rate: ~36% (HPS)
- Person-to-person transmission: Not documented
- Identified: 1993
Key facts
- Carried by the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), broadly distributed across North America.
- Transmitted through aerosolized rodent excreta — urine, droppings, saliva.
- No documented person-to-person transmission.
- Causes Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) with rapid respiratory deterioration.