A focus of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in a summer health camp

The incidence of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) among children is sporadic in most cases. A clinical and epidemiological analysis of its incidence was carried out in a summer health camp where in June to September 2014 five patients, including 4 schoolchildren and 1 teacher, fell ill. The diagnosis of HFRS was confirmed by indirect immunofluorescence. The disease was moderate; two children had signs of acute abdomen. The disease was due to that the rodents had appeared in the camp because of their access to the buildings (summer cottages) and the children had been involved in the dry cleaning of the camp’s area. It is noted that the most important measure to prevent the outbreaks of the disease in the organized children’s collective bodies is to exclude the penetration of rodents into the rooms where the children live and to create a barrier (including deratization measures) during their migration from natural biotopes.

hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, rodents, deratization, summer camp