Environmental conditions in favour of a hantavirus outbreak in 2015 in Germany?
- Bank voles can harbour Puumala virus (PUUV) and vole populations usually peak in years after beech mast. A beech mast occurred in 2014 and a predictive model indicates high vole abundance in 2015. This pattern is similar to the years 2009/2011 when beech mast occurred, bank voles multiplied and human PUUV infections increased a year later. Given similar environmental conditions in 2014/2015, increased risk of human PUUV infections in 2015 is likely. Risk management measures are recommended.
| Author details: | Daniela ReilORCiDGND, Christian ImholtORCiDGND, Stephan DrewesORCiD, Rainer Günter UlrichORCiDGND, Jana EccardORCiDGND, Jens JacobORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12217 |
| ISSN: | 1863-1959 |
| ISSN: | 1863-2378 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26177110 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Zoonoses and Public Health |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Place of publishing: | Hoboken |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2016 |
| Publication year: | 2016 |
| Release date: | 2020/03/22 |
| Tag: | Beech fructification; Germany; Puumala virus; bank vole; nephropathia epidemica; outbreak |
| Volume: | 63 |
| Number of pages: | 6 |
| First page: | 83 |
| Last Page: | 88 |
| Funding institution: | Federal Environment Agency (UBA) within the Environment Research Plan of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) [3709 41 401, 3713 48 401] |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
