Table 3.
Parameters | Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
---|---|---|
Population | People with acute hantavirus infection or HPS/HCPS/HFRS | Only animal hantavirus infections |
Exposure | At least one climate factor | No climate factors |
Comparators | N/A | |
Outcomes | Hantavirus case/infection/risk/incidence | Rodent density/distribution |
Study design | Observational, epidemiological, retrospective, predictive modelling study design | Prospective study design |
Key N/A—not applicable; PECOS—patient, intervention/exposure, comparator, outcomes, study design; hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS); hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS); haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS).