Authors: Hantaviridae


Steven B. Bradfute
Department of Internal Medicine
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque
New Mexico 87131
USA
Email: sbradfute@salud.unm.edu

Charles H. Calisher
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Colorado 80523
USA
Email: calisher6920@gmail.com

Boris Klempa
Institute of Virology
Biomedical Research Center
Slovak Academy of Sciences
84505 Bratislava
Slovakia
Email: boris.klempa@savba.sk

Jonas Klingström
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Linköping University
58183 Linköping,
Sweden
Email: jonas.klingstrom@liu.se

Jens H. Kuhn
Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Fort Detrick
Frederick
Maryland 21702
USA
Email: kuhnjens@mail.nih.gov

Lies Laenen
Department of Laboratory Medicine
University Hospitals Leuven,
3000 Leuven
Belgium
Email: lies.laenen@uzleuven.be

Nicole D. Tischler
Laboratorio de Virología Molecular
Centro Ciencia & Vida,Fundación Ciencia & Vida
Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián
Santiago 8581151
Chile
Email: ntischler@cienciavida.org; nicole.tischler@uss.cl

Piet Maes*
Chair, Hantaviridae Study Group
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Unit
Rega Institute
KU Leuven,
3000 Leuven
Belgium
Email: piet.maes@kuleuven.be

 * to whom correspondence should be addressed

The chapter in the Ninth ICTV Report, which served as the template for this chapter, was contributed by Plyusnin, A., Beaty, B.J., Elliott, R.M., Goldbach, R., Kormelink, R., Lundkvist, Å., Schmaljohn, C.S. and Tesh, R.B.

Acknowledgments
The authors thank Anya Crane and Jiro Wada (Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA) for critically editing the text and preparing figures.

Disclaimer
This work was supported in part through Laulima Government Solutions, LLC’s prime contract with the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under Contract No. HHSN272201800013C. J.H.K. performed this work as an employee of Tunnell Government Services (TGS), a subcontractor of Laulima Government Solutions, LLC, under Contract No. HHSN272201800013C. NT received support from ANID CCTE Basal FB210008. The content of this publication should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Department of the Army, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or of the institutions and companies affiliated with the authors, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.