Risk factors for hantavirus infection in Germany, 2005.
In 2005, a marked increase in hantavirus infections was observed in Germany. Large cities and areas where hantaviruses were not known to be endemic were affected. A case-control study identified the following independent risk factors for infection: occupational exposure for construction workers, living <100 meter from forested areas, and exposure to mice.
Abu Sin
Muna
M
Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Stark
Klaus
K
van Treeck
Ulrich
U
Dieckmann
Helga
H
Uphoff
Helmut
H
Hautmann
Wolfgang
W
Bornhofen
Bernhard
B
Jensen
Evelin
E
Pfaff
Günter
G
Koch
Judith
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D018563:Disease Notification; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors