Introduction to Hantavirus Hantaviruses are a group of viruses belonging to the family Hantaviridae and genus Orthohantavirus. These viruses are significant public health threats globally, causing two severe diseases in humans: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) and Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS)12. Hantaviruses are primarily transmitted through contact with infected rodents, particularly via aerosols and droplets containing rodent excretions23. Structure and Replication of Hantavirus Hantaviruses are negative-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses with a tri-segmented genome. Each segment...