Hantavirus in Poland

Overview

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

The first cluster of HFRS in Poland was identified in 2007 in the south-eastern Subcarpathian (Podkarpackie) region, which is the recognised endemic area. Three orthohantaviruses co-circulate: Puumala virus (in Myodes glareolus), Dobrava-Belgrade (in Apodemus flavicollis) and Tula virus (in Microtus arvalis). HFRS incidence correlates with mast years, rodent abundance and forest cover.

Sources for the above: Michalski et al., Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2014 (PUUV/DOBV in Subcarpathian Poland) · Stojak, Eur J Public Health 2020 (hantavirus infections in humans, Poland — review)

Reservoir species

• Myodes glareolus
• Apodemus flavicollis
• Apodemus agrarius

Endemic strains

Signal trend (last 30 days)