Information about the Hantavirus Outbreak | The Swedish Pathogens Portal
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The Swedish Pathogens Portal provides an update on the global hantavirus situation, noting low risk in Sweden from Puumala virus and no Andes virus cases, while highlighting increased activity in the Southern Cone of the Americas.
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pathogens.se · 2026-05-08
The Swedish Pathogens Portal provides information on the global hantavirus situation, noting that in Europe, including Sweden, hantavirus infections are primarily associated with the Puumala virus, which causes a milder form of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (nephropathia epidemica). No cases of the Andes virus, responsible for the recent cruise ship outbreak, have been detected in Sweden, and the overall public health risk in the country remains low. However, the portal highlights increased hantavirus activity reported in several countries in the Southern Cone region of the Americas (A
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