Pandemic Watch
Hantavirus in CZ CZ
The Czech Republic has documented both Puumala and Dobrava-Belgrade virus cases. Cases are uncommon but consistently reported each year.
Circulating strains
Hantavirus strains documented in CZ. HPS = Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (Americas, predominantly fatal lung involvement). HFRS = Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (Eurasia, kidney involvement).
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- Rodent reservoir
- Bank vole (Myodes glareolus)
- Case-fatality rate
- <1%
- Person-to-person spread
- Not documented
Causes 'nephropathia epidemica', the mildest form of HFRS. Highest case volume of any European hantavirus; Finland reports more than a thousand cases in typical years.
