Hantavirus in Germany

All tracked hantavirus events for Germany.

• ECDC

  Monitoring

  Germany·12 years ago

  Prevention measures and communication strategies for hantavirus infection in Europe

  European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Prevention measures and communication strategies for hantavirus infection in Europe. Stockholm: ECDC; 2014 Hantaviruses are a large group of RNA viruses that belong to the genus Hantavirus , family Bunyaviridae. Reservoirs for hantaviruses are mostly rodents. At least five hantaviruses – Puumala (PUUV), Dobrava-Belgrade (DOBV), Tula (TULV), Saarema (SAAV) and Seoul (SEOV) – circulate in Europe, but most reported human cases of infection are cau

• ECDC

  Germany·12 years ago

  How European countries prevent and communicate on Hantavirus infection, ECDC study

  ​Prompted by the increase of hantavirus activity in Europe observed in 2012, ECDC report reviewed the preventive measures and communication strategies in European countries. Hantaviruses are almost exclusively transmitted through the inhalation of infectious aerosol from rodent excreta. The severity of the hantavirus infection varies from asymptomatic through mild to severe. The symptoms include acute fever accompanied by thrombocytopenia, headache, often very severe, and abdominal and back pain