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Human Hantavirus Infections in the Netherlands |
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| Authors: | Jussi Sane Johan Reimerink Margriet Harms Jacinta Bakker Lapo Mughini-Gras Barbara Schimmer Wilfrid van Pelt |
| Affiliation: | National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (J. Sane, J. Reimerink, M. Harms, J. Bakker, L. Mughini-Gras, B. Schimmer, W. van Pelt); ;European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (J. Sane) |
| Abstract: | We report the recent epidemiology and estimated seroprevalence of human hantavirus infections in the Netherlands. Sixty-two cases were reported during December 2008–December 2013. The estimated seroprevalence in the screened municipalities in 2006–2007 was 1.7% (95% CI 1.3%–2.3%). Findings suggest that hantavirus infections are underdiagnosed in the Netherlands. |
| Keywords: | hantavirus viruses Puumala virus epidemiology human infections seroprevalence voles zoonoses the Netherlands |