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A five-year perspective on the situation of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and status of the hantavirus reservoirs in Europe, 2005-2010

2011; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Volume: 16; Issue: 36 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2807/ese.16.36.19961-en

1560-7917

Paul Heyman, Cornelia Svetlana Ceianu, Iva Christova, Noël Tordo, M F Beersma, Maria João Alves, Åke Lundkvist, Mirsada Hukić, Anna Papa, Antônio Tenório, Hana Zelená, Sandra Eßbauer, Ildikó Visontai, Irina Golovljova, Jeff Connell, Loredana Nicoletti, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Susanne Dudman, Stephan W. Aberle, Tatjana Avšič‐Županc, Gülay Korukluoğlu, Anna Nowakowska, Boris Klempa, Rainer G. Ulrich, Silvia Bino, Olivier Engler, M. Opp, Antti Vaheri,

Climate Change and Health Impacts

Hantavirus infections are reported from many countries in Europe and with highly variable annual case numbers. In 2010, more than 2,000 human cases were reported in Germany, and numbers above the baseline have also been registered in other European countries. Depending on the virus type human infections are characterised by mild to severe forms of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. The member laboratories of the European Network for diagnostics of Imported Viral Diseases present here an overview of the progression of human cases in the period from 2005 to 2010. Further we provide an update on the available diagnostic methods and endemic regions in their countries, with an emphasis on occurring virus types and reservoirs.