An increase in reported cases of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Slovenia in early 2008.
Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an acute zoonotic viral disease, caused by hantaviruses. Hantaviruses infect rodents worldwide. They are transmitted to humans by aerosol from rodent excreta. Several hantaviruses are known to infect humans with varying severity.
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Communicable Disease Centre, National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D017524:Slovenia / Q000453:epidemiology