The importance of bank vole density and rainy winters in predicting nephropathia epidemica incidence in Northern Sweden.

The importance of bank vole density and rainy winters in predicting nephropathia epidemica incidence in Northern Sweden.

Pathogenic hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus) are rodent-borne viruses causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia. In Europe, there are more than 10,000 yearly cases of nephropathia epidemica (NE), a mild form of HFRS caused by Puumala virus (PUUV). The common...

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Main Authors: Hussein Khalil, Gert Olsson, Frauke Ecke, Magnus Evander, Marika Hjertqvist, Magnus Magnusson, Mikaell Ottosson Löfvenius, Birger Hörnfeldt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4229113?pdf=render

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