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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2025

Outbreak of hantavirus disease caused by Puumala virus, Croatia, 2021.

Mari Rončević Filipović, Zlatko Trobonjača, Đurđica Cekinović Grbeša, Marinko Filipović, Melita Kukuljan, Ena Mršić, Vanja Tešić, Stela Živčić-Ćosić

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Mari Rončević FilipovićClinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Zlatko TrobonjačaFaculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Đurđica Cekinović GrbešaClinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Marinko FilipovićClinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Melita KukuljanClinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Ena MršićClinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Vanja TešićFaculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Stela Živčić-ĆosićClinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.

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Abstract

In 2021, a large outbreak of hantavirus disease (HAVID) in Croatia with 334 notified cases coincided with a COVID-19 wave and included patients from areas previously not considered endemic, challenging HAVID recognition and patient management. We analysed clinical and epidemiological data on all 254 patients with HAVID treated in the Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka (CHC Rijeka) between February and November 2021. Most patients (n = 246; 96.9%) had antibodies against Puumala virus, 212 (83.5%) were residents of endemic areas for HAVID, 93 (36.6%) reported occupational exposure and 86 (33.9%) had observed rodents or rodent excreta. Thirty-seven (14.6%) patients were not notified to the public health authorities. Most patients (n = 177; 69.7%) were male. The median age of the patients was 43 years (range: 17-79 years) in males and 54 years (range: 14-77 years) in females. More severe courses of disease were observed in males aged < 45 years than in older males and females of any age (OR = 2.27; 95% CI: 1.21-4.24; p < 0.005). Measures to prevent exposure, early detection and notification of cases and close collaboration between primary and secondary healthcare teams with public health personnel are essential to improve surveillance and prevent hantavirus outbreaks.

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Disease OutbreaksHantavirus InfectionsHemorrhagic Fever with Renal SyndromePuumala virusAdolescentAdultAgedAnimalsAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19CroatiaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOccupational ExposureAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19epidemic nephropathyhaemorrhagic fever with renal syndromehantavirus infectionPuumala virus

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PMCPMC11914960

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