Hantaviruses--globally emerging pathogens

Detlev H Kruger; Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo; Jin-Won Song; Boris Klempa

doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.033

Hantaviruses--globally emerging pathogens

J Clin Virol. 2015 Mar:64:128-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.033. Epub 2014 Oct 20.

Authors

Detlev H Kruger¹, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo², Jin-Won Song³, Boris Klempa⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Medical Virology, Charité School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Virus Research Unit, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
³ Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Institute of Medical Virology, Charité School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany; Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.

PMID: 25453325
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.033

Abstract

Hantaviruses are emerging zoonotic viruses which cause human disease in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. This review summarizes the progress in hantavirus epidemiology and diagnostics during the previous decade. Moreover, we discuss the influence of ecological factors on the worldwide virus distribution and give an outlook on research perspectives for the next years.

Keywords: Hantavirus; Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Zoonotic viruses.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Africa / epidemiology
Americas / epidemiology
Animals
Asia / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging*
Disease Reservoirs
Europe / epidemiology
Hantavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Hantavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Orthohantavirus / pathogenicity*
Phylogeny
Zoonoses*