Serological evidence of Hantaan virus in Slovakia during 1989-1991

Autor: M, Gresíková, O, Kozuch, A, Baráková, M, Sekeyová, E A, Tkachenko
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Acta virologica. 38(5)
ISSN: 0001-723X
Popis: Nephropathia epidemica was supposed to be an European form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). However, in 1989-1991 we found serological evidence of infection with Hantaan virus in patients' sera from Slovakia. Higher titers of antibodies against Hantaan virus were detected in sera of 6 out of 75 patients with febrile disease, renal failure and clinical diagnosis of HFRS. The higher titers of antibodies against Puumala virus were detected in sera of 6 out of 75 patients. Serologic differentiation between Hantaan and Puumala infection in patients was based on the detection of higher antibody titers (4-fold or greater differences).
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