Rodents represent 42% of the world's mammalian biodiversity encompassing 2,277 species
populating every continent (except Antarctica) and are reservoir hosts for a wide diversity of …

Since the recognition of hantavirus as the agent responsible for haemorrhagic fever in
Eurasia in the 1970s and, 20 years later, the descovery of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome …

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a severe respiratory illness identified in 1993.
Since its identification, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has obtained …

The continued emergence and re-emergence of pathogens represent an ongoing,
sometimes major, threat to populations. Hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae) and their …

Introduction Two hantavirus species, Puumala (PUUV) and Dobrava-Belgrade (DOBV) virus
(genotype Kurkino), are endemic in Germany. Recent PUUV outbreaks raised questions …

The Bunyavirales order is a large and diverse group of segmented negative-strand RNA
viruses. Several virus families within this order contain important human pathogens …

Species diversity has been proposed to decrease prevalence of disease in a wide variety of
host–pathogen systems, in a phenomenon labeled the dilution effect. This phenomenon was …

Background Rodent-borne hantaviruses (genus Orthohantavirus) are the etiologic agents
causing two human diseases: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Euroasia; …

Orthohantaviruses present a global public health threat; there are 58 distinct viruses
currently recognized and case fatality of pathogenic orthohantaviruses ranges from< 0.1% to …

Human encroachment on wildlife habitats has contributed to the emergence of several
zoonoses. Pathogenic hantaviruses are hosted by rodents and cause severe diseases in the …