Olsson, Gert
- Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
- Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control
Research article2009Peer reviewedOpen access
Predicting High Risk for Human Hantavirus Infections, Sweden
Olsson, Gert E.; Hjertqvist, Marika; Lundkvist, Ake; Hornfeldt, Birger
Abstract
An increased risk for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by Puumala hantavirus was forecast for Sweden in 2007. The forecast was based on a predicted increase in the number of Myodes glareolus rodents (reservoir hosts). Despite raised awareness and preparedness, the number of human cases during July 2007-June 2008 was 1.483, a new high.
Published in
Emerging Infectious Disease
2009, Volume: 15, number: 1, pages: 104-106
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Immunology
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1501.080502
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/21193