Steep rise in notified hantavirus infections in Germany, April 2010

M S Faber; R G Ulrich; C Frank; S O Brockmann; G M Pfaff; J Jacob; D H Krüger; K Stark

doi:10.2807/ese.15.20.19574-en

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Steep rise in notified hantavirus infections in Germany, April 2010
M S Faber¹ , R G Ulrich² , C Frank¹ , S O Brockmann³ , G M Pfaff³ , J Jacob⁴ , D H Krüger⁵ , K Stark¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany ² Friedrich-Loeffler Institute, Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany ³ State Health Office Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany ⁴ Julius Kühn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forestry, Vertebrate Research, Münster, Germany ⁵ Institute of Virology, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, National Consultation Laboratory for Hantaviruses, Berlin, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Faber M S, Ulrich R G, Frank C, Brockmann S O, Pfaff G M, Jacob J, Krüger D H, Stark K. Steep rise in notified hantavirus infections in Germany, April 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(20):pii=19574. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.20.19574-en Received: 18 May 2010

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Abstract

From January to April 2010, 396 hantavirus infections were notified in Germany, a considerable increase compared with previous years (mean: 83 for January-April 2004-2009) including the record-setting year, 2007 (n=232 January-April). Most patients are residents of known Puumala virus endemic areas in southern Germany. The recent increase in notified hantavirus infections is probably due to an increased population density of the main animal reservoir, the bank vole (Myodes glareolus). .