Multiple Synchronous Outbreaks of Puumala Virus, Germany, 2010

Multiple Synchronous Outbreaks of Puumala Virus, Germany, 2010

To investigate 2,017 cases of hantavirus disease in Germany, we compared 38 new patient-derived Puumala virus RNA sequences identified in 2010 with bank vole–derived small segment RNA sequences. The epidemic process was driven by outbreaks of 6 Puumala virus clades comprising strains of human and vo...

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Main Authors: Jakob Ettinger, Jorg Hofmann, Martin Enders, Friedemann Tewald, Rainer M. Oehme, Ulrike M. Rosenfeld, Hanan Sheikh Ali, Mathias Schlegel, Sandra Essbauer, Anja Osterberg, Jens Jacob, Daniela Reil, Boris Klempa, Rainer G. Ulrich, Detlev H. Kruger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
hantavirus outbreak
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
HFRS
Puumala virus
hantavirus
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/9/11-1447_article

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