An increase in reported cases of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Slovenia in early 2008

N Koren; E Grilc; M Blaško; T Avsic; A Kraigher

doi:10.2807/ese.13.17.18846-en

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An increase in reported cases of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Slovenia in early 2008
N Koren¹ , E Grilc¹ , M Blaško¹ , T Avsic² , A Kraigher¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Communicable Disease Centre, National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia ² Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Citation style for this article: Koren N, Grilc E, Blaško M, Avsic T, Kraigher A. An increase in reported cases of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Slovenia in early 2008. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(17):pii=18846. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.17.18846-en Received: 21 Apr 2008

Abstract

Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an acute zoonotic viral disease, caused by hantaviruses. Hantaviruses infect rodents worldwide. They are transmitted to humans by aerosol from rodent excreta. Several hantaviruses are known to infect humans with varying severity.