🇸🇮Hantavirus in Slovenia
As of 2026-05-14, Hantavirus Tracker has detected 1 hantavirus signal in Slovenia (early signal). The most recent report was published 1h ago via Google News (IT).
Key facts · Slovenia
- Country
- Slovenia (SI)
- 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
- 1 (early signal)
- Latest source
- Google News (IT) · 1h ago
Recent hantavirus signals · Slovenia
Hantavirus context · Slovenia
Slovenia 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 Slovenia is tracked
Signals are ingested every five minutes from a global feed of open news sources, geolocated to Slovenia, 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 Slovenia, consult your national public health authority and the World Health Organization. This page is a surveillance signal, not a diagnostic tool.
Hantavirus surveillance · Europe
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Authoritative sources on hantavirus
- CDC — Hantavirus · U.S. case data, transmission, prevention
- WHO — Hantavirus · global guidance
- ECDC — Hantavirus infection · European epidemiology
- Wikipedia — Orthohantavirus · background