Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 16, Number 8—August 2010
Perspective

Hantavirus Infections in Humans and Animals, China

Yong-Zhen ZhangComments to Author , Yang Zou, Zhen F. Fu, and Alexander Plyusnin
Author affiliations: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (Y.-Z. Zhang, Y. Zou); University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (Z.F. Fu); University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (A. Plyusnin)

Main Article

Table 2

Hantaviruses circulating in China, 1981–2008

Virus, rodent Human disease* Distribution within China
Hantaan
Apodemus agrarius mouse HFRS (severe) Nationwide except Xinjiang and Jilin provinces
A. peninsulae mouse
HFRS (severe)
Nationwide except Xinjiang and Jilin provinces
Seoul
Rattus norvegicus rat HFRS (mild) Nationwide except Qinhai, Xinjiang, Xizang provinces
R. rattus rat HFRS (mild) Eastern and southwestern parts
R. flavipectus rat HFRS (mild) Eastern, central, southern, and southwestern parts
R. losea rat HFRS (mild) Southern and southwestern parts
R. nitidus rat
HFRS (mild)
Eastern, central, southern, and southwestern parts
Da Bie Shan, Niviventer confucianus rat Unknown Anhui Province
Hokkaido, Myodes rufocanus vole Unknown Jilin Province
Khabarovsk, Microtus maximowiczii vole Unknown Inner Mongolia
Vladivostok, Microtus fortis vole Unknown Jilin and Liaoning provinces
Yuanjiang, M. fortis vole Unknown Hunan Province

*HFRS, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.

Main Article

Page created: March 30, 2011
Page updated: March 30, 2011
Page reviewed: March 30, 2011
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external