Hantaviruses are negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that infect many species of
rodents, shrews, moles and bats. Infection in these reservoir hosts is almost asymptomatic …

SUMMARY Hantaviruses (genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae) are enveloped tri‐
segmented negative‐stranded RNA viruses each carried by a specific rodent or insectivore …

Loss of genetic variation may render populations more vulnerable to pathogens due to
inbreeding depression and depletion of variation in genes responsible for immunity against …

Hantaviruses are predominantly rodent‐borne pathogens, although recently novel shrew‐
associated hantaviruses were found. Within natural reservoir hosts, hantairuses do not …

Hantaviruses, similar to several emerging zoonotic viruses, persistently infect their natural
reservoir hosts, without causing overt signs of disease. Spillover to incidental human hosts …

Five hantaviruses are known to circulate among rodents in Europe, and at least two among
insectivores. Four (Dobrava, Saaremaa, Seoul, and Puumala [PUUV] viruses) are clearly …

Highlights•Persistent Puumala virus shedding occurs in wild voles.•Host population density
thresholds estimated for hantavirus invasion.•Little is known about hantavirus transmission …

Hantaviruses, albeit reported more than 40 years ago, are now considered emerging
viruses' because of their growing importance as human pathogens. Hantavirus created focal …

Hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia. In Europe
both the amplitude and the magnitude of outbreaks of HFRS have increased. The …

Despite growing evidence for parasite‐mediated selection on the vertebrate major
histocompatibility complex (MHC), little is known about variation in the bacterial parasite …