About
What Hantavirus Tracker is, where its data comes from, and who it is for.
Hantavirus Tracker is a real-time situational dashboard for hantavirus — a family of rodent-borne viruses that cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the Americas and haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) across Europe and Asia. Cases are sporadic, spread unevenly across the globe, and easy to miss when each agency reports in isolation. This tool brings those signals together onto a single map and timeline so they can be read at a glance.
Make hantavirus surveillance data legible to anyone who needs it — from a ministry of health to a curious traveller — without sacrificing the rigor of the underlying sources.
Hantavirus Tracker does not generate, diagnose, or confirm cases. Every signal you see is aggregated from public reporting by the World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and ProMED-mail. Each record links back to its primary source so you can verify before you act.
- Not medical advice. For diagnosis or treatment, contact a qualified clinician.
- Reporting lags. Underlying agencies publish on different cadences, so absence of a signal does not mean absence of disease.
- Coverage varies. Regions with weaker surveillance will appear quieter than they are.
Who this is for
Public health officials
Spot emerging clusters early, compare regional trends, and brief decision-makers with sourced, time-stamped evidence rather than rumour.
Clinicians & frontline care
See where hantavirus cases are circulating before patients with non-specific symptoms walk through the door — useful for travel histories and differential diagnosis.
Researchers & epidemiologists
Aggregate cross-source case signals on one timeline. Filter by region, strain, or reservoir host to support outbreak investigation and modelling.
Travellers
Check whether your destination has recent reports before you go. Hantavirus is rare but serious — knowing the local picture helps you take simple, sensible precautions.
Journalists
Trace each data point back to its primary source — WHO, CDC, ECDC, PAHO, ProMED — so your reporting is grounded in attributable, citable evidence.
Students & curious readers
A clear, current view of how a real zoonotic disease moves through the world — useful for coursework, projects, or simply understanding the news.