🇪🇸Hantavirus in Spain
As of 2026-06-29, Hantavirus Tracker has detected 5 hantavirus signals in Spain (active reporting). The most recent report was published 8h ago via Google News (ES).
Key facts · Spain
- Country
- Spain (ES)
- Region
- Europe
- Predominant syndrome
- Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) (ICD-10 A98.5)
- Principal reservoir
- commensal Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) plus bank voles and field mice in forested and rural areas
- Recent signal count
- 5 (active reporting)
- Latest source
- Google News (ES) · 8h ago
Recent hantavirus signals · Spain
- 01Más allá del hantavirus: las enfermedades transmitidas por animales que sí están en España - ABCGoogle News (ES) · 8h ago
- 02Más allá del hantavirus: las zoonosis que sí están presentes en España - The ConversationGoogle News (ES) · 4d ago
- 03El cierre de la crisis del hantavirus en España deja una lección para la ciencia: “La salud pública no tiene fronteras” - elDiario.esGoogle News (ES) · 9d ago
- 04Hantavírus. Último doente internado em Espanha teve alta - ObservadorGoogle News (PT) · 12d ago
- 05O primeiro caso positivo de hantavírus em Espanha já teve alta - CNN PortugalGoogle News (PT) · 25d ago
Hantavirus context · Spain
Spain sits in Europe, where hantavirus infection most often takes the form of Seoul virus exposure linked to wild and pet rats in addition to the more familiar Puumala HFRS picture.
Across this region the principal reservoirs are commensal Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) plus bank voles and field mice in forested and rural areas. 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 Spain is tracked
Signals are ingested every five minutes from a global feed of open news sources, geolocated to Spain, 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 Spain, consult your national public health authority and the World Health Organization. This page is a surveillance signal, not a diagnostic tool.
Hantavirus surveillance · Europe
Other countries in Europe tracked by Hantavirus Tracker:
Authoritative sources on hantavirus
- CDC — Hantavirus · U.S. case data, transmission, prevention
- WHO — Hantavirus · global guidance
- ECDC — Hantavirus infection · European epidemiology
- Wikipedia — Orthohantavirus · background