Hantavirus Associated with Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome Outbreak in the Saratov Region in 2019
Journal: Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections
Year: 2022

Pathogenic hantaviruses, belonging to the family Hantaviridae , genus Orthohantaviru s, are widely spread in many regions of the world and cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Europe and Asia. In the European Russia, the most active HFRS foci are located in the optimum habitat area of natural reservoir of the Puumala virus (PUUV), bank voles ( Myodes glareolus ), – in the Middle Volga and Cis-Urals. The largest number of cases of HFRS was registered in the Volga Federal District