Black Creek Canal virus

Black Creek Canal virus

a species of Hantavirus in the U.S. causing hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; transmitted by the cotton rat.
[Black Creek Canal in Florida where the cotton rats were captured from which the virus was first isolated]
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A serologically distinct member of the Hantavirus group found in the southeastern US which may cause renal failure and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
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Black Creek Ca·nal vi·rus

(blak crēk kă-nal' vī'rŭs)
A species of Hantavirus in the U.S. causing hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; transmitted by the cotton rat.
[Black Creek Canal in Florida where the cotton rats were captured from which the virus was first isolated]
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