Risk Factors for Hantavirus Infection in Germany, 2005
- Muna Abu Sin
- Klaus Stark
- Ulrich van Treeck
- Helga Dieckmann
- Helmut Uphoff
- Wolfgang Hautmann
- Bernhard Bornhofen
- Evelin Jensen
- Günter Pfaff
- Judith Koch
Publication date
September 2007
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
In 2005, a marked increase in hantavirus infections was observed in Germany. Large cities and areas where hantaviruses were not known to be endemic were affected. A case–control study identified the following independent risk factors for infection: occupational exposure for construction workers, living <100 m from forested areas, and exposure to mice
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