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Volume 32, Number 9—September 2026

Dispatch

Serologic Evidence of Hantavirus Exposure in Humans, Italy, 2004–2018

Giulia Faolotto, Anishia WasbergComments to Author , Rommel Iheozor-Ejiofor, Essi M. Korhonen, Rosalba Minisini, Tarja Sironen, Ruut Joensuu, Jiaxin Ling, Åke Lundkvist, Olli Vapalahti, Eili Huhtamo, and Paolo Ravanini
Author affiliation: Maggiore della Carità University Hospital, Novara, Italy (G. Faolotto, P. Ravanini); Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (A. Wasberg, J. Ling, Å. Lundkvis); University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (R. Iheozor-Ejiofor, E.M. Korhonen, T. Sironen, R. Joensuu, O. Vapalahti, E. Huhtamo); University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara (R. Minisini); University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, HUSLAB, Helsinki (O. Vapalahti)

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Table 1

Antibody screening results determined by immunofluorescence assay in study of serologic evidence of hantavirus exposure in humans, Italy, 2004–2018

Classification/patient group description Sampling year No. (%) patients
Total Hantavirus IgG positive
 LCMV IgG positive
PUUV DOBV Combined
Alcohol abuse
 2013–2016 (mostly 2013)
 28 (7.55)
 2 (7.14)
 1 (3.57)
 3 (10.71)
 0
Liver diseases
 2004, 2009, 2012 (mostly 2012)
 177 (47.71)
 5 (2.82)
 11 (6.21)
 16 (9.04)
 4 (1.69)
HCV infections
 2018
 30 (8.09)
 0
 0
 0
 1 (3.33)
Renal diseases
 2006, 2007, 2018
 110 (29.65)
 3 (2.72)
 3 (2.72)
 6 (5.45)
 5 (4.55)
Oral anticoagulant treatment
2007
 26 (7)
 1 (3.85)
 1 (3.85)
 2 (7.69)
 0
Total 371 (100) 11 (2.96) 16 (4.31) 27 (7.28) 10 (2.70)

*DOBV, Dobrava-Belgrade virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; PUUV, Puumala virus.

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