Hantavirus in Russia

Overview

Russia is in the Asia hantavirus context. The country has documented circulation of HTNV, PUUV, DOBV (Hantaan virus, Puumala virus, Dobrava-Belgrade virus).

HFRS has been a notifiable infection in Russia since 1978; roughly 10 000–12 000 cases are reported annually from European Russia, predominantly Puumala. Two distinct Dobrava-Belgrade lineages circulate: DOBV-Aa in central Russia (Apodemus agrarius) and the more severe DOBV-Ap in the Sochi district (Apodemus ponticus). Hantaan virus dominates HFRS in the Russian Far East.

Sources for the above: Klempa et al., Emerg Infect Dis 2008 (two DOBV lineages causing HFRS, Russia)

Reservoir species

• Myodes glareolus
• Apodemus spp.

Endemic strains

Signal trend (last 30 days)