<prompt> All are true regarding Hantavirus except:DNA virusCarried by rodentsCauses recurrent respiratory infectionHemorrhagic manifestation may occur  <response>: Ans. is a i.e., DNA virusRef: Ananthanarayan, 9the, p. 527 and 8the, p. 522 It is a RNA virus belonging to family Bunyaviridae. Transmission is from rodent to rodent and rodent to human is primarily respiratory, by inhalation of the virus contained in dried excreta. Hantavirus species are natural pathogens of rodents - field mice being the major host. Disease caused by Hantaviruses:- Milder epidemic nephritis.- Serious epidemic hemorrhagic fever.- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. 