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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The most potent risk factor in the development of hantavirus infection | The most potent risk factor in the development of hantavirus infection is exposure to [[rodent]] excreta and close contact with [[hantavirus]]-infected humans.<ref name="pmid23607444">{{cite journal |vauthors=Watson DC, Sargianou M, Papa A, Chra P, Starakis I, Panos G |title=Epidemiology of Hantavirus infections in humans: a comprehensive, global overview |journal=Crit. Rev. Microbiol. |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=261–72 |year=2014 |pmid=23607444 |doi=10.3109/1040841X.2013.783555 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid28561377">{{cite journal| author=Christova I, Panayotova E, Trifonova I, Taseva E, Hristova T, Ivanova V| title=Country-wide seroprevalence studies on Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and hantavirus infections in general population of Bulgaria. | journal=J Med Virol | year= 2017 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=28561377 | doi=10.1002/jmv.24868 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28561377 }} </ref> | ||
== Risk Factors == | == Risk Factors == | ||
The most potent risk factor in the development of hantavirus infection risk factors is exposure to rodent excreta and close contact with hantavirus-infected humans. Other risk factors include:<ref name="pmid23607444">{{cite journal |vauthors=Watson DC, Sargianou M, Papa A, Chra P, Starakis I, Panos G |title=Epidemiology of Hantavirus infections in humans: a comprehensive, global overview |journal=Crit. Rev. Microbiol. |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=261–72 |year=2014 |pmid=23607444 |doi=10.3109/1040841X.2013.783555 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid28561377">{{cite journal| author=Christova I, Panayotova E, Trifonova I, Taseva E, Hristova T, Ivanova V| title=Country-wide seroprevalence studies on Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and hantavirus infections in general population of Bulgaria. | journal=J Med Virol | year= 2017 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=28561377 | doi=10.1002/jmv.24868 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28561377 }} </ref> | The most potent risk factor in the development of [[hantavirus]] infection risk factors is exposure to [[rodent]] excreta and close contact with hantavirus-infected humans. Other risk factors include:<ref name="pmid23607444">{{cite journal |vauthors=Watson DC, Sargianou M, Papa A, Chra P, Starakis I, Panos G |title=Epidemiology of Hantavirus infections in humans: a comprehensive, global overview |journal=Crit. Rev. Microbiol. |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=261–72 |year=2014 |pmid=23607444 |doi=10.3109/1040841X.2013.783555 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid28561377">{{cite journal| author=Christova I, Panayotova E, Trifonova I, Taseva E, Hristova T, Ivanova V| title=Country-wide seroprevalence studies on Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and hantavirus infections in general population of Bulgaria. | journal=J Med Virol | year= 2017 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=28561377 | doi=10.1002/jmv.24868 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28561377 }} </ref> | ||
* | *Pest control department workers | ||
*Construction workers | |||
*Unhygienic environment leading to mice growth | |||
*Unattended dumpsters | |||
*Homeless | |||
*Forest adventures | |||
*Hunting | |||
*Hiking | *Hiking | ||
*Field exposures | *Field exposures | ||
*Living in endemic areas | *Living in endemic areas | ||
*Camping | |||
*Rural areas | |||
*Spring and Summer | |||
*Cleaning of uninhabited buildings | |||
*Cleaning of the attics | |||
*[[Rodent]] infested environment | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Viral diseases]] | [[Category:Viral diseases]] | ||
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[[Category:Infectious disease]] | [[Category:Infectious disease]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2], Usama Talib, BSc, MD [3]
Overview
The most potent risk factor in the development of hantavirus infection is exposure to rodent excreta and close contact with hantavirus-infected humans.[1][2]
Risk Factors
The most potent risk factor in the development of hantavirus infection risk factors is exposure to rodent excreta and close contact with hantavirus-infected humans. Other risk factors include:[1][2]
- Pest control department workers
- Construction workers
- Unhygienic environment leading to mice growth
- Unattended dumpsters
- Homeless
- Forest adventures
- Hunting
- Hiking
- Field exposures
- Living in endemic areas
- Camping
- Rural areas
- Spring and Summer
- Cleaning of uninhabited buildings
- Cleaning of the attics
- Rodent infested environment
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Watson DC, Sargianou M, Papa A, Chra P, Starakis I, Panos G (2014). "Epidemiology of Hantavirus infections in humans: a comprehensive, global overview". Crit. Rev. Microbiol. 40 (3): 261–72. doi:10.3109/1040841X.2013.783555. PMID 23607444.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Christova I, Panayotova E, Trifonova I, Taseva E, Hristova T, Ivanova V (2017). "Country-wide seroprevalence studies on Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and hantavirus infections in general population of Bulgaria". J Med Virol. doi:10.1002/jmv.24868. PMID 28561377.