What is hantavirus?

Hantaviruses are a family of viruses carried mainly by rodents. Public-health sources describe human exposure as usually linked to contaminated rodent urine, droppings, saliva, nesting materials, or dust/aerosols from contaminated spaces. A person reading HantaMap should treat this page as educational context only, not as a way to judge personal exposure or symptoms.

Public-health agencies describe different disease patterns by region and virus type. In the Americas, some hantaviruses are associated with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome or hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. In Europe and Asia, public-health references often discuss hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. HantaMap keeps those terms as source vocabulary and avoids assigning clinical labels to people or places.

HantaMap brings together reviewed public-health references, reports, and source mentions to help readers explore hantavirus-related context by geography. Map numbers reflect reviewed signals and mentions, not individual case counts. A country or region appearing on the map means there is source-linked context to inspect; it does not mean HantaMap is issuing an alert, confirming a current outbreak, or measuring personal risk.

The safest way to use HantaMap is to start with the map or Learn article, then follow the cited primary source. For medical decisions, symptoms, possible exposure, cleaning guidance, or local public-health instructions, readers should follow qualified healthcare professionals and public-health authorities.