Spatial heterogeneity of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is driven by environmental factors and rodent community composition.

• Main Authors: Hong Xiao (Author), Xin Tong (Author), Lidong Gao (Author), Shixiong Hu (Author), Hua Tan (Author), Zheng Y X Huang (Author), Guogang Zhang (Author), Qiqi Yang (Author), Xinyao Li (Author), Ru Huang (Author), Shilu Tong (Author), Huaiyu Tian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a rodent-borne disease caused mainly by two hantaviruses in China: Hantaan virus and Seoul virus. Environmental factors can significantly affect the risk of contracting hantavirus infections, primarily through their effects on rodent population dynamic...