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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Eurosurveillance, 17(13), 2008
DOI: 10.2807/ese.13.17.18846-en
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An increase in reported cases of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Slovenia in early 2008.
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Abstract
Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an acute zoonotic viral disease, caused by hantaviruses. Hantaviruses infect rodents worldwide. They are transmitted to humans by aerosol from rodent excreta. Several hantaviruses are known to infect humans with varying severity.