Hantavirus -- Germany
Health officials in Baden-Württemberg state in southwest Germany are reporting an increase in hantavirus cases this year, especially since March 2017, according to a Stuttgarter-Nachrichten report.
A total of 441 hantavirus cases have been reported to date, which is higher than in the past 4 years.
Rodents like the Rötelmaus [bank vole, _Myodes glareolus_], carry the hantavirus in itself, the report notes. Through contact with infected animals or their feces and urine excretions, the
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