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Hantavirus at the Human–rodent Interface: A Global Review and Meta-analysis of Occupational Exposure

B1 Crossref Works API · 2026-06-11 · South Korea · PUUV

Hantaviruses are zoonotic negative-sense RNA viruses transmitted to humans principally through inhalation of aerosolised excreta from persistently infected rodent reservoir hosts. They cause two major clinical syndromes: haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), predominant across Eurasia, and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) or hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), occurring predominantly in the Americas. Together, these syndromes account for an estimated 150,000–200,000 clinical cases annually, with case fatality rates ranging from less than 0.1% in mild Puumala virus nephropat

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HORIZON metadata

SourceCrossref Works API (crossref)
NATO ratingB1 — see methodology
CountrySouth Korea
SerotypePUUV
Reported date2026-06-11
Ingested at2026-06-11 12:50 UTC

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