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. 2007 Sep;13(9):1364-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid1309.070552.

Risk factors for hantavirus infection in Germany, 2005

Muna Abu Sin  1 , Klaus Stark, Ulrich van Treeck, Helga Dieckmann, Helmut Uphoff, Wolfgang Hautmann, Bernhard Bornhofen, Evelin Jensen, Günter Pfaff, Judith Koch
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Risk factors for hantavirus infection in Germany, 2005

Muna Abu Sin et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

In 2005, a marked increase in hantavirus infections was observed in Germany. Large cities and areas where hantaviruses were not known to be endemic were affected. A case-control study identified the following independent risk factors for infection: occupational exposure for construction workers, living <100 meter from forested areas, and exposure to mice.

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Figure 1
Reported hantavirus infections in 2005 compared with the annual average in 2001–2004, by week of report, Germany.
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Figure 2
Incidences of reported hantavirus infections per 100,000 inhabitants by administrative district, Germany, 2005. Circles represent areas in which hantaviruses were known to be endemic.
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