Hantavirus in France: surveillance, symptoms and prevention
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The Pasteur Institute of Lille offers information on hantaviruses, their transmission by wild rodents, symptoms of various types, and prevention, noting no vaccine is available in France or the EU.
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- PrimaryHantavirus in France: surveillance, symptoms and prevention
pasteur-lille.fr · 2026-06-03
The Pasteur Institute of Lille provides information on hantaviruses, which are transmitted by wild rodents. In Europe, the Puumala virus is common, causing epidemic nephropathy. New World hantaviruses, like the Andes virus implicated in the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak, can cause severe respiratory syndromes. Human-to-human transmission is exceptional, and there is no vaccine available in France or the EU.
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