Pandemic Watch
Hantavirus in Norway NO
Norway documents Puumala virus cases primarily in the southern and central interior. The clinical picture parallels Finland and Sweden.
Circulating strains
Hantavirus strains documented in Norway. 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.
