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Case report: Severe neurological manifestation of dobrava hantavirus infection
Author(s) -
Cerar Daša,
AvšičŽupanc Tatjana,
Jereb Matjaž,
Strle Franc
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.21021
Subject(s) - hantavirus infection , medicine , encephalitis , virology , hantavirus , hemiparesis , nausea , pediatrics , virus , pathology , surgery , lesion
In Europe infection with Puumala or Dobrava viruses causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). In the course of HFRS, mild neurological symptoms such as headache, vertigo, and nausea are common. However, the data about the occurrence of severe, potentially life‐threatening neurological manifestations are rather scarce. Here, we present a case of HFRS with serologically proven Dobrava virus infection complicated by epileptic seizures and hemiparesis due to focal encephalitis. J. Med. Virol. 79:1841–1843, 2007. © Wiley‐Liss, Inc.