Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Vladivostok, Russia
The average seropositive group to hantaviruses among 4556 health people from different foci of the Maritime Territory was 2,7%, the seropositive groups varied from 2,9% to 5,7% in districts with a
ual high HFRS morbidity, whereas in areas with low and rare HFRS morbidity the rate of seropositive group not exceeded 2,8%. The decrease of HFRS morbidity was followed by increase of seropositive to hantaviruses in rural endemic areas while in urban focus the stable high HFRS morbidity, caused by Seoul virus, was accompanied by slight fluctuations of seropositive groups. Such situation reflected the peculiar properties of epizootic processes in populations of hantavirus rodent reservoirs in foci of different epidemiological types. The similar professional and social groups at increased risk of infection by hantaviruses are revealed.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2006, No. 3, Supplement, P. 84—87