TY - JOUR AU - Sauvage, F. AU - Penalba, C. AU - Vuillaume, P. AU - Boue, F. AU - Coudrier, D. AU - Pontier, D. AU - Artois, M. T1 - Puumala hantavirus Infection in Humans and in the Reservoir Host, Ardennes Region, France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2002 VL - 8 IS - 12 SP - 1509 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We compared the occurrence of nephropathia epidemica cases, over a multi-annual population cycle, in northeastern France with the hantavirus serology for bank voles captured in the same area. We discuss hypotheses to explain the pattern of infection in both humans and rodents and their synchrony. KW - Bank vole KW - indirect transmission KW - Hantavirus KW - Nephropathia epidemica KW - Puumala KW - HFRS KW - France DO - 10.3201/eid0812.010518 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/12/01-0518_article ER - End of Reference