Robovirus
zoonotic Virus
A rodent-borne virus, abbreviated as robovirus, is a zoonotic virus that is transmitted by a rodent vector.
Roboviruses mainly belong to the virus families Arenaviridae and Hantaviridae. Like arbovirus (arthropod borne) and tibovirus (tick borne) the name refers to its method of transmission, known as its vector. This is distinguished from a clade, which groups around a common ancestor. Some scientists now refer to arbovirus and robovirus together with the term ArboRobo-virus.
Methods of transmission
Rodent borne disease can be transmitted through different forms of contact such as rodent bites, scratches, urine, saliva, and feces as well as contaminated air and food.
Viral diseases transmitted by rodents
One example of a robovirus is hantavirus, which causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Humans can be infected with Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome through direct contact with rodent droppings, saliva, or urine infected with strains of the virus. These components mix into the air and get transmitted when inhaled through airborne transmission.
Lassa virus from the Arenaviridae family causes Lassa hemorrhagic fever and is also a robovirus transmitted by the rodent genus Mastomys natalensis.
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