Man it is transmitted very rarely.
TOMSK, June 3. /TASS/. Russian scientists have found shrews, the shrews in the Tomsk region a rare form of Hantavirus Altai. It can cause severe fever, which affects the kidneys. This writes the press service Tomsk state University (TSU).
Hantavirus is a family of viruses, which affects mainly mice, rats and voles, but in rare cases can infect and humans. The symptoms of Hantavirus infection resemble the signs of flu or colds. In severe cases, infected patients can develop lung damage, heart failure and hemorrhagic fever.
the Traditional carrier of Hantavirus Altai scientists believed the red vole (Myodes glareolus) and field mouse (Apodemus agrarius). However, to move it can other animals — for example, insectivorous shrews. In the course of joint research experts TSU and virologic centre “the Vector” found that among the shrews one species of shrew — in the Tomsk region rare and poorly known type of Hantavirus — Altai. Earlier in this region, scientists are not seen sign of him.
Now researchers continue to study the Hantavirus Аltai to learn more about it and also to understand how viruses are spread on the territory of Tomsk region.
Shrews, according to scientists, are widespread in Tomsk region widely. They often appear in suburban areas, in private houses or on the ground floors of apartment houses, tend to the places of mass accumulation and reproduction of insects, which can lead to outbreaks of infection among the various categories of the population.
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