Finnish Vole Fever Expands Southward Posted on July 15, 2024 (July 15, 2024) Researchers have discovered that bank voles in southern Sweden (Skåne) carry a virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever in humans. This finding was made more than 500 km south of the previously known range. The virus strain discovered in Skåne appears to be more closely related to strains from Finland and Karelia than to the … Read More from Finnish Vole Fever Expands Southward
UK tourists warned ‘vole fever’ causing ‘bleeding virus’ is spreading across Europe Posted on July 15, 2024 (July 15, 2024) A “vole fever” which can trigger an Ebola-like bleeding virus is “spreading” through Europe. Researchers have discovered that rodents in Sweden are carrying a pathogen that can jump to humans and turn into haemorrhagic fever – with UK tourists in Northern Europe warned. … Read More from UK tourists warned ‘vole fever’ causing ‘bleeding virus’ is spreading across Europe
ALARM BELLS ‘Vole fever’ that can trigger Ebola-like bleeding virus is ‘spreading in parts of Europe’ Posted on July 15, 2024 It all started when doctors in Sweden’s southern Scania County diagnosed a case of nephropathia epidemica, caused by Puumala virus carried by bank voles, in 2018. Nephropathia epidemica is also referred to as ‘vole fever’ and is a rare illness that has the potential to cause haemorrhagic fever in people. Haemorrhagic fevers are a group … Read More from ALARM BELLS ‘Vole fever’ that can trigger Ebola-like bleeding virus is ‘spreading in parts of Europe’
