title: [The epidemiological, epizootological, and etiological characteristics of the 2006-2007 outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the Tambov Region].
abstract: The findings suggest that there are natural foci of hantavirus infection in the Tambov Region. There is evidence that Dobrava/Belgrade hantavirus (DOB-Aa) was a leading etiological agent in the outbreak of the disease in the winter of 2006-2007. Epidemiological analysis showed that the outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) afflicted the region during November to April, by reaching its peak in January (52.2%). Among the patients with HFRS, rural dwellers were 91%. People were infected with the virus mainly by taking care of domestic animals (97.2%). The reservoir of the virus and the source of its human infection in the outbreak was a field mouse, its western subspecies Apodemus agrarius agrarius, which was absolutely dominated among all the virus carriers.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Mutnykh
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Dzagurova
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bernshteĭn
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Kalinkina
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Korotina
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Apekina
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Sotskova
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Tolstova
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Suvorin
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Tkachenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008875:Middle Aged; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral