Madrid: Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands have confirmed they will send planes to evacuate nationals from their respective countries aboa
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Hantavirus infection. In: ECDC. Annual Epidemiological Report for 2023. Stockholm: ECDC; 2025. Stockholm, March 2025. For 2023, 28 EU/EEA countries reported 1 885 cases of hantavirus infection (0.4 cases per 100 000 population). The year, along with 2020, marked the lowest rate recorded over the 2019–2023 period. During this time, the overall notification rate fluctuated between 0.4 and 1.1 cases per 100 00 population. Two countries (Finland an
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Hantavirus infection. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2017. Stockholm: ECDC; 2019. In 2017, 21 countries reported 4 239 cases of hantavirus infection (0.8 cases per 100 000 population). Two countries, Finland and Germany, accounted for 70.1% of all reported cases. In the absence of a licensed vaccine, prevention mainly relies on rodent control, avoidance of contact and properly cleaning and disinfecting areas contaminated by rodent
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
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
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