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Hantavirus in Finland

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Europe FIN

Overview

Finland is in the Europe hantavirus context. The country has documented circulation of PUUV (Puumala virus).

Finland reports the highest per-capita hantavirus notification rate in Europe — 14.5 cases / 100 000 in 2023 per the ECDC Annual Epidemiological Report. Puumala virus (nephropathia epidemica) is essentially the only circulating strain, and case peaks track multi-year bank-vole population cycles.

Sources for the above: ECDC Hantavirus Annual Epidemiological Report 2023 · Vaheri, Henttonen & Mustonen, Viruses 2021 (Hantavirus research in Finland)

Reservoir species

  • Myodes glareolus

Endemic strains

PUUV HFRS
Puumala virus
CFR: <0.5% (mild HFRS, "nephropathia epidemica")

Signal trend (last 30 days)

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Signal volume = mentions in monitored sources (CDC, WHO, ECDC, news in 17 languages), not confirmed clinical case counts. Buckets are UTC days.

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