Koren N, Grilc E, Blasko M, Avsic T, Kraigher A
Communicable Disease Centre, National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Euro Surveill. 2008 Apr 24;13(17):18846.
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.