Two clinical cases of renal syndrome caused by Dobrava/Saaremaa hantaviruses imported to the Netherlands from Poland and Belarus, 2012–2014

Two clinical cases of renal syndrome caused by Dobrava/Saaremaa hantaviruses imported to the Netherlands from Poland and Belarus, 2012–2014

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 Puu...

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Main Authors: Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel, Marco Goeijenbier, Jenny Verner-Carlsson, Eline Litjens, Willem-Jan Bos, Suzan D. Pas, Mariana Medonça Melo, Marion Koopmans, Åke Lundkvist, Chantal B. E. M. Reusken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-01-01
Series:Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
Subjects:
hantavirus infections
Dobrava
Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
rodent-borne
zoonosis
Online Access:http://www.infectionecologyandepidemiology.net/index.php/iee/article/view/30548/pdf_27

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