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Comparative Study
. 1987 Oct;99(2):559-62.
doi: 10.1017/s0950268800068060.

Nephropathia epidemica: incidence of clinical cases and antibody prevalence in an endemic area of Sweden

B Niklasson  1 , J Leduc, K Nyström, L Nyman
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Comparative Study

Nephropathia epidemica: incidence of clinical cases and antibody prevalence in an endemic area of Sweden

B Niklasson et al. Epidemiol Infect. 1987 Oct.

Abstract

The incidence of nephropathia epidemica (NE) was compared with the NE antibody prevalence in normal population in a highly endemic area of Sweden (Västerbotten county). The antibody prevalence rate in the oldest age groups were found to be 14 and 20 times higher than the accumulated life-risk of being hospitalized with NE for men and women respectively. Whether the infection in persons not admitted to hospital is subclinical, atypical or clinically fulminant, remains to be determined.

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