Spatial heterogeneity of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is driven by environmental factors and rodent community composition.

ABSTRACT: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a rodent-borne disease caused mainly by two hantaviruses in China: Hantaan virus and Seoul virus. Environmental factors can significantly affect the risk of contracting hantavirus infections, primarily through their effects on rodent population dynamics and human-rodent contact. We aimed to clarify the environmental risk factors favoring rodent-to-human transmission to provide scientific evidence for developing effective HFRS prevention and control strategies. The 10-year (2006-2015) field surveillance data from the rodent hosts for hantavirus, the epidemiological and environmental data extracted from satellite images and meteorological stations, rodent-to-human transmission rates and impacts of the environment on rodent community composition

SUBMITTER: Xiao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218101 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature