Ongoing spillover of Hantaan and Gou hantaviruses from rodents is associated with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in China.

• Main Authors: Wen Wang (Author), Miao-Ruo Wang (Author), Xian-Dan Lin (Author), Wen-Ping Guo (Author), Ming-Hui Li (Author), Sheng-Hua Mei (Author), Zhao-Mei Li (Author), Mei-Li Cong (Author), Rui-Lan Jiang (Author), Run-Hong Zhou (Author), Edward C Holmes (Author), Alexander Plyusnin (Author), Yong-Zhen Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Longquan City, Zhejiang province, China, has been seriously affected by hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) since the first cases were registered in 1974. To understand the epidemiology and emergence of HFRS in Longquan, which may be indicative of large parts of rural China, we...