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Hantavirus in Germany

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0 signals (30 d)
Europe DEU

Overview

Germany is in the Europe hantavirus context. The country has documented circulation of PUUV, DOBV (Puumala virus, Dobrava-Belgrade virus).

Hantavirus disease has been notifiable in Germany since 2001; the Robert Koch Institute publishes weekly counts via SurvStat@RKI. Puumala virus drives 2–3-year outbreak cycles in southern and western Germany (Bavarian Forest, Swabian Alb), with a record ~2 800 cases in 2012; Dobrava-Belgrade circulation is documented in Apodemus reservoirs in the north and east.

Sources for the above: RKI SurvStat@RKI portal · Krüger et al., Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013 (Hantaviruses as zoonotic pathogens in Germany) · Faber et al., Eurosurveillance 2019 (PUUV / DOBV in Germany 2001–2017)

Reservoir species

  • Myodes glareolus
  • Apodemus flavicollis

Endemic strains

PUUV HFRS
Puumala virus
CFR: <0.5% (mild HFRS, "nephropathia epidemica")
DOBV HFRS
Dobrava-Belgrade virus
CFR: ~10–12% (severe HFRS)

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.

Recent signals from Germany

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