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Gert E Olsson1, Marika Hjertqvist, Ake Lundkvist
1Division of Virology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden. gert.olsson@smi.se
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|January 1, 2009
Abstract:
An increased risk for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by Puumala hantavirus was forecast for Sweden in 2007. The forecast was based on a predicted increase in the number of Myodes glareolus rodents (reservoir hosts). Despite raised awareness and preparedness, the number of human cases during July 2007-June 2008 was 1,483, a new high.
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