1. Two clinical cases of renal syndrome caused by Dobrava/Saaremaa hantaviruses imported to the Netherlands from Poland and Belarus, 2012-2014
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Åke Lundkvist, Marco Goeijenbier, Eline Litjens, Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel, Suzan D. Pas, Chantal Reusken, Marion Koopmans, Jenny Verner-Carlsson, Willem-Jan Bos, Mariana Medonça Melo, Virology, and Ada van Staalduinen and Sandra Scherbeijn are acknowledged for excellent technical assistance. Barteld de Jongh for discussion. The Viroscience reference laboratory received funding from H2020 programs EMERGE (grant agreement nr 677066) and EVAg (grant ag
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hantavirus infections ,Dobrava ,Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome ,rodent-borne ,zoonosis ,0301 basic medicine ,Epidemiology ,animal diseases ,viruses ,030106 microbiology ,Clinical manifestation ,Environmental Science (miscellaneous) ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,medicine ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Case Study ,Health professionals ,biology ,business.industry ,Zoonosis ,virus diseases ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Virology ,3. Good health ,Puumala virus ,business ,Hantavirus Infection - Abstract
We report the rare event of two imported cases in the Netherlands presenting with renal syndrome caused by Dobrava (DOBV)/Saaremaa (SAAV) hantaviruses. DOBV/SAAV hantaviruses are not circulating in the Netherlands and their clinical manifestation is typically more severe than that of the endemic Puumala virus (PUUV). This report aims to increase awareness among healthcare professionals and diagnostic laboratories to consider different hantaviruses as a cause of renal failure.Keywords: hantavirus infections; Dobrava; Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; rodent-borne; zoonosis(Published: 25 January 2016)Citation: Infection Ecology and Epidemiology 2016, 6: 30548 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v6.30548
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