Hantavirus in China

Overview

China is in the Asia hantavirus context. The country has documented circulation of SEOV, HTNV (Seoul virus, Hantaan virus).

China reports the largest absolute HFRS burden of any country — roughly 90% of the global case total. Both Hantaan virus (Apodemus agrarius) and Seoul virus (Rattus norvegicus) circulate, with surveillance reporting concentrated in Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Hubei and Yunnan provinces. An inactivated bivalent Hantaan/Seoul vaccine is in routine use.

Sources for the above: Zhang et al., Emerg Infect Dis 2010 (Hantavirus infections in humans and animals, China) · Wen et al., One Health 2024 (16-year national HFRS surveillance, China)

Reservoir species

• Apodemus agrarius
• Rattus norvegicus

Endemic strains

Signal trend (last 30 days)