TY  - JOUR
A1  - Reil, Daniela
A1  - Imholt, Christian
A1  - Drewes, Stephan
A1  - Ulrich, Rainer Günter
A1  - Eccard, Jana
A1  - Jacob, Jens
T1  - Environmental conditions in favour of a hantavirus outbreak in 2015 in Germany?
JF  - Zoonoses and Public Health
N2  - 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.
KW  - Beech fructification
KW  - Puumala virus
KW  - bank vole
KW  - outbreak
KW  - nephropathia epidemica
KW  - Germany
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12217
SN  - 1863-1959
SN  - 1863-2378
VL  - 63
SP  - 83
EP  - 88
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -