Recurrent Occupational Hantavirus Infections Linked to Feeder Rodent Breeding Farm, Taiwan, 2022

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Aug;30(8):1702-1705. doi: 10.3201/eid3008.230875.

Abstract

We investigated 2 acute cases and 1 previous case of Seoul hantavirus infection in workers in a feeder rodent breeding farm in Taiwan. Prevalence of hantavirus IgG among the tested feeder rats was 37.5%. Appropriate prevention measures, including using disinfection protocols and personal protective equipment, are crucial to lowering risk.

Keywords: Taiwan; feeder rodent farms; hantaviruses; occupational diseases; viruses; zoonoses.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Farms
  • Female
  • Hantavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Hantavirus Infections* / veterinary
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Diseases / epidemiology
  • Occupational Diseases / virology
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Rats
  • Recurrence
  • Rodentia / virology
  • Taiwan / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral