Nephropathia Epidemica Caused by Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Scania, Southern Sweden

Jiaxin Ling, Elin Economou Lundeberg, Anishia Wasberg, Inês R. Faria, Sanja Vucicevic, Bo Settergren,Åke Lundkvist

Emerging Infectious Diseases(2024)

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In 2018, a local case of nephropathia epidemica was reported in Scania, southern Sweden, more than 500 km south of the previously known presence of human hantavirus infections in Sweden. Another case emerged in the same area in 2020. To investigate the zoonotic origin of those cases, we trapped rodents in Ballingslöv, Norra Sandby, and Sörby in southern Sweden during 2020‒2021. We found Puumala virus (PUUV) in lung tissues from 9 of 74 Myodes glareolus bank voles by screening tissues using a hantavirus pan–large segment reverse transcription PCR. Genetic analysis revealed that the PUUV strains were distinct from those found in northern Sweden and Denmark and belonged to the Finnish PUUV lineage. Our findings suggest an introduction of PUUV from Finland or Karelia, causing the human PUUV infections in Scania. This discovery emphasizes the need to understand the evolution, cross-species transmission, and disease outcomes of this newly found PUUV variant.
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Puumala virus,viruses,Puumala orthohantavirus,zoonoses,nephropathia epidemica,etiology
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