title: Hantaviruses--globally emerging pathogens.
abstract: Hantaviruses are emerging zoonotic viruses which cause human disease in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. This review summarizes the progress in hantavirus epidemiology and diagnostics during the previous decade. Moreover, we discuss the influence of ecological factors on the worldwide virus distribution and give an outlook on research perspectives for the next years.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Virology, Charité School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: detlev.kruger@charite.de.
authors.forename: Detlev H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kruger
authors.affiliation: Virus Research Unit, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Tadeu Moraes
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Virology, Charité School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany; Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klempa
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D000569:Americas / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D015047:Zoonoses
keywords: Hantavirus; Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Zoonotic viruses