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Hantavirus infection risk factors
Introduction
Overview
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
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
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.
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