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According to recent forecasts, about 1,360 cases are expected in the country in 2019, said Saturday a spokesman for the Ministry of Health. Previously, the "Südwest Presse" reported on it. To date, only 36 cases (at 15/10) of hantavirus infection have been reported nationally during the current year. The prognosis should also raise awareness of preventive measures for protection, explained the speaker.
According to the ministry, the virus is transmitted by infected animals such as red-eared mice or brown rats. It causes in men flu-like symptoms, as well as hypotension and kidney failure.
The little red chick is carrying the hantavirus.
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Ideal conditions for carriers
To explain the expected increase, the ministry says that the country's oaks and beeches are bearing fruit. This ensured optimal feeding conditions for the carriers of the virus – it is mainly red chickens. Minister Manne Lucha (Green Party) pointed out: "Shelters and nesting facilities such as bulky waste or old tires in the garden should now be eliminated in order to avoid rodent colonies."
A relatively high number of people were infected with hantavirus in 2017, but by that time, about 1,700 confirmed cases were recorded throughout the year and nationwide. Large fluctuations in the annual number of reports are considered normal in this disease.
hantavirus
This virus, named after a Korean river, is transmitted through the urine, feces or saliva of wild rodents. The infection occurs by inhalation of contaminated dust particles. For this reason, when replacing piles of wood, when cleaning forest huts, garden sheds, sheds, cellars and storage spaces, it is essential to wear a mask and goggles.
The incubation period is from twelve to 21 days. In one third of patients, the evolution is more severe: after a fever of 3 to 5 days accompanied by backache, conjunctival bleeding, cutaneous bleeding and mucous membranes, temporary disorders of the arterial pressure, an increase in heart rate and possibly disturbances of consciousness This can lead to the failure of one or both kidneys. This is accompanied by vomiting, gastrointestinal bleeding (affecting the gastrointestinal tract) and cerebral (brain-related), rarely pulmonary edema. The fate of the patient decides in this phase. Subsequently, in the fifth week of the disease, there is a phase of increased excretion of urine (diuresis) with excretion of three to six liters per day. The Hanta virus disease must be treated in the hospital, otherwise the disease will result in death. The detection of Hanta viruses is to be declared.
The infection from man to man or insects is excluded. Preventive helps to avoid leftovers. (büj / asa, source: wikipedia.de)
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