Country surveillance · BE · no current signals

🇧🇪Hantavirus in Belgium

As of 2026-05-14, no active hantavirus signals are being reported in Belgium. This page tracks live hantavirus surveillance for Belgium and will update automatically as new reports appear in open news sources.

Key facts · Belgium

Country
Belgium (BE)
Region
Europe
Predominant syndrome
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) (ICD-10 A98.5)
Principal reservoir
bank voles (Myodes glareolus), whose population cycles drive multi-year peaks in human cases across Northern and Central Europe
Recent signal count
0 (no current signals)
Latest source
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Hantavirus context · Belgium

Belgium sits in Europe, where hantavirus infection most often takes the form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), most often in its milder Puumala form known locally as nephropathia epidemica.

Across this region the principal reservoirs are bank voles (Myodes glareolus), whose population cycles drive multi-year peaks in human cases across Northern and Central Europe. Human exposure typically happens through inhalation of aerosolized droppings, urine, or saliva from these rodents — most often in rural housing, agricultural buildings, or poorly ventilated indoor spaces with recent rodent activity.

How Belgium is tracked

Signals are ingested every five minutes from a global feed of open news sources, geolocated to Belgium, then de-duplicated by URL and headline. Each signal links back to its original report so you can verify the source.

For confirmed case counts and clinical guidance in Belgium, consult your national public health authority and the World Health Organization. This page is a surveillance signal, not a diagnostic tool.

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