Transmission of Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in China and the Role of Climate Factors: A Review
Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a rodent-borne disease that poses a serious public health threat in China. HFRS is caused by hantaviruses, mainly Seoul virus in urban areas and Hantaan virus in agricultural areas. Although preventive measures including vaccination programs and rode...
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doaj-8bb1899f6ba94e9a93eab5d391d98f122020-11-24T23:21:17ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112015-04-0133C21221810.1016/j.ijid.2015.02.010Transmission of Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in China and the Role of Climate Factors: A ReviewAlana Hansen0Scott Cameron1Qiyong Liu2Yehuan Sun3Philip Weinstein4Craig Williams5Gil-Soo Han6Peng Bi7Discipline of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Mail Drop 650 207, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, AustraliaDiscipline of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Mail Drop 650 207, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, AustraliaDepartment of Vector Biology and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Epidemiology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, ChinaSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, AustraliaSansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, AustraliaCommunications & Media Studies, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, AustraliaDiscipline of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Mail Drop 650 207, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a rodent-borne disease that poses a serious public health threat in China. HFRS is caused by hantaviruses, mainly Seoul virus in urban areas and Hantaan virus in agricultural areas. Although preventive measures including vaccination programs and rodent control measures have resulted in a decline in cases in recent years, there has been an increase in incidence in some areas and new endemic areas have emerged. This review summarises the recent literature relating to the effects of climatic factors on the incidence of HFRS in China and discusses future research directions. Temperature, precipitation and humidity affect crop yields, rodent breeding patterns and disease transmission, and these can be influenced by a changing climate. Detailed surveillance of infections caused by Hantaan and Seoul viruses and further research on the viral agents will aid in interpretation of spatiotemporal patterns and a better understanding of the environmental and ecological drivers of HFRS amid China's rapidly urbanising landscape and changing climate. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971215000387Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndromeChinaclimate changesurveillance |
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Alana Hansen Scott Cameron Qiyong Liu Yehuan Sun Philip Weinstein Craig Williams Gil-Soo Han Peng Bi Transmission of Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in China and the Role of Climate Factors: A Review International Journal of Infectious Diseases Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome China climate change surveillance |
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Transmission of Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in China and the Role of Climate Factors: A Review |
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Transmission of Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in China and the Role of Climate Factors: A Review |
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Transmission of Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in China and the Role of Climate Factors: A Review |
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Transmission of Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in China and the Role of Climate Factors: A Review |
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Transmission of Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in China and the Role of Climate Factors: A Review |
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transmission of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in china and the role of climate factors: a review |
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a rodent-borne disease that poses a serious public health threat in China. HFRS is caused by hantaviruses, mainly Seoul virus in urban areas and Hantaan virus in agricultural areas. Although preventive measures including vaccination programs and rodent control measures have resulted in a decline in cases in recent years, there has been an increase in incidence in some areas and new endemic areas have emerged. This review summarises the recent literature relating to the effects of climatic factors on the incidence of HFRS in China and discusses future research directions. Temperature, precipitation and humidity affect crop yields, rodent breeding patterns and disease transmission, and these can be influenced by a changing climate. Detailed surveillance of infections caused by Hantaan and Seoul viruses and further research on the viral agents will aid in interpretation of spatiotemporal patterns and a better understanding of the environmental and ecological drivers of HFRS amid China's rapidly urbanising landscape and changing climate.
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