Volume 15, Number 7—July 2009
Research
Risk Factors for Human Infection with Puumala Virus, Southwestern Germany
Anne Caroline Schwarz
, Ulrich Ranft, Isolde Piechotowski, James E. Childs, and Stefan O. Brockmann
, Ulrich Ranft, Isolde Piechotowski, James E. Childs, and Stefan O. BrockmannTable 1
Nephropathia epidemica in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, by year, 2001–2007*
| Year | No. cases† | Incidence/100,000 population |
Temperature, °C |
Beechnut crop¶ |
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| Winter‡ |
Spring§ |
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| Min | Med | Max | Min | Med | Max | Min | Med | Max | Min | Med | Max | |||||
| 2001 | 37 | 0.0 | 0.25 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2002 | 140 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.18 | −0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2003 | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.33 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | −0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2004 | 109 | 0.0 | 0.27 | 6.01 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2005 | 105 | 0.0 | 0.70 | 4.07 | 0.0 | −0.5 | 1.0 | −1.5 | −1.0 | −0.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2006 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.16 | −2.0 | −1.5 | −1.0 | −2.0 | −1.5 | −1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | 1,077 | 0.0 | 2.28 | 90.19 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
*Min, minimum; med, median; max, maximum.
†Total no. cases for all districts in Baden-Württemberg.
‡Temperature deviation from the long-term average for December of the previous year and January of the actual year.
§Temperature deviation from the long-term average for February and March.
¶Beechnut crop of the preceding year in 3 categories: 0, poor crop (0%–9% of a mast year); 1, medium crop (10%–39% of a mast year); 2, good/excellent
crop (40%–100% of a mast year).
