The epidemiological, epizootological, and etiological characteristics of the 2006-2007 outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the Tambov Region

The findings suggest that there are natural foci of hantavirus infection in the Tambov Region. There is evidence that Dobrava/Belgrade hantavirus (DOB-Aa) was a leading etiological agent in the outbreak of the disease in the winter of 2006-2007. Epidemiological analysis showed that the outbreak of h...

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Published in:	Voprosy virusologiĭ Vol. 56; no. 6; p. 43
Main Authors:	Mutnykh, E S, Dzagurova, T K, Bernshteĭn, A D, Kalinkina, E V, Korotina, N A, Apekina, N S, Sotskova, S E, Tolstova, G A, Suvorin, A P, Tkachenko, E A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 01-11-2011
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Animals Antibodies, Viral - blood Arvicolinae - virology Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Disease Reservoirs Female Hantavirus - classification Hantavirus - immunology Hantavirus - isolation & purification Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome - diagnosis Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome - epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome - virology Humans Male Mice Middle Aged Russia - epidemiology Zoonoses - transmission Zoonoses - virology Russia
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Summary:	The findings suggest that there are natural foci of hantavirus infection in the Tambov Region. There is evidence that Dobrava/Belgrade hantavirus (DOB-Aa) was a leading etiological agent in the outbreak of the disease in the winter of 2006-2007. Epidemiological analysis showed that the outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) afflicted the region during November to April, by reaching its peak in January (52.2%). Among the patients with HFRS, rural dwellers were 91%. People were infected with the virus mainly by taking care of domestic animals (97.2%). The reservoir of the virus and the source of its human infection in the outbreak was a field mouse, its western subspecies Apodemus agrarius agrarius, which was absolutely dominated among all the virus carriers.
ISSN:	0507-4088