Recurrent Occupational Hantavirus Infections Linked to Feeder Rodent Breeding Farm, Taiwan, 2022

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 8; pp. 1702 - 1705
• Main Authors: Wang, Kung-Ching, Chang, Chih-Kai, Chang, Shu-Fen, Shu, Pei-Yun, Wang, Hsi-Chieh, Su, Shin-Wei, Lin, Fang-Ling, Wang, Chung-Yu, Su, Chia-ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.08.2024; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adult; Animal breeding; Animals; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Causes of; Disease control; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Disinfection & disinfectants; Dispatch; Epidemiology; Farms; Farmworkers; feeder rodent farms; Feeds; Female; Fever; Gloves; Hantavirus; Hantavirus infections; Hantavirus Infections - epidemiology; Hantavirus Infections - veterinary; hantaviruses; Health aspects; History, 21st Century; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Infections; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical laboratories; Middle Aged; Occupational diseases; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - virology; Occupational Exposure; Personal protective equipment; Pets; Prevention; Protective equipment; Public health; Rats; Recurrence; Recurrent Occupational Hantavirus Infections Linked to Feeder Rodent Breeding Farm, Taiwan, 2022; Risk factors; Rodentia - virology; Rodents; Taiwan; Taiwan - epidemiology; Viruses; Workers; zoonoses; Taiwan; United States > US; Netherlands; zoonoses; viruses; feeder rodent farms; hantaviruses; Taiwan; occupational diseases
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid3008.230875

We investigated 2 acute cases and 1 previous case of Seoul hantavirus infection in workers in a feeder rodent breeding farm in Taiwan. Prevalence of hantavirus IgG among the tested feeder rats was 37.5%. Appropriate prevention measures, including using disinfection protocols and personal protective equipment, are crucial to lowering risk.