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HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME - SCANDINAVIA: BACKGROUND
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Date: Wed 18 Dec 2008
From: Dr. Steve Berger
<mberger@post.tau.ac.il>
Hantavirus infections in Scandinavia
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The recent report of Hemorrhagic Fever and Renal Syndrome (HFRS)
activity in Finland [see ProMED-mail Archive Reference below] reminds
us that this country continues to report the highest rates for
hantavirus infection in the region. In the attached graph, I've
compared disease statistics for Scandinavia and adjacent countries: see,
<http://exhibit.gideononline.com/hanta-finland.jpg>
The source of the information is the Gideon database at:
<http://www.gideononline.com/blog/2008/12/18/hantavirus-infections-in-scandinavia/>.
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Steve Berger
Geographic Medicine
Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel
[see also:
Hemorrhagic fever w/renal synd. - Finland: update 20081218.3972]
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