Hantavirus in HR HR

Circulating strains

Hantavirus strains documented in HR. HPS = Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (Americas, predominantly fatal lung involvement). HFRS = Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (Eurasia, kidney involvement).

• DOBV Dobrava virus HFRS

  Rodent reservoir

  Yellow-necked field mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)

  Case-fatality rate

  up to 12%

  Person-to-person spread

  Not documented

  The most severe European HFRS-causing hantavirus. Geographically concentrated in the Balkans.