Puumala hantavirus infection in humans and in the reservoir host, Ardennes region, France

F Sauvage; C Penalba; P Vuillaume; F Boue; D Coudrier; D Pontier; M Artois

doi:10.3201/eid0812.010518

Puumala hantavirus infection in humans and in the reservoir host, Ardennes region, France

Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Dec;8(12):1509-11. doi: 10.3201/eid0812.010518.

Authors

F Sauvage¹, C Penalba, P Vuillaume, F Boue, D Coudrier, D Pontier, M Artois

Affiliation

¹ Université C. Bernard Lyon 1, France. sauvage_frank@yahoo.fr

Abstract

We compared the occurrence of nephropathia epidemica cases, over a multi-annual population cycle, in northeastern France with the hantavirus serology for bank voles captured in the same area. We discuss hypotheses to explain the pattern of infection in both humans and rodents and their synchrony.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Animals
Arvicolinae / virology*
Disease Reservoirs / statistics & numerical data*
France / epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / epidemiology*
Humans
Incidence
Middle Aged
Puumala virus / isolation & purification*
Seasons