Puumala hantavirus Infection in Humans and in the Reservoir Host, Ardennes Region, France

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.

Keywords

• Bank vole
• indirect transmission
• Hantavirus
• Nephropathia epidemica
• Puumala
• HFRS