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Hantavirus infection during a stay in a mountain hut in Northern Slovakia
Author(s) -
Zelena Hana,
Zvolankova Vlasta,
Zuchnicka Jana,
Liszkova Katerina,
Papa Anna
Publication year - 2011
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.21984
Subject(s) - czech , hantavirus , apodemus , virology , puumala virus , hantavirus infection , geography , bunyaviridae , biology , virus , zoology , philosophy , linguistics
Hantaviruses in Europe cause human hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) with various degree of severity. The most severe form is caused by the Dobrava/Belgrade virus (DOBV), associated with the rodent Apodemus flavicollis . During the last decade cases of infection caused by DOBV have been reported in Central Europe. The present study is a report on two Czech patients with severe HFRS who were infected during their stay in a mountain hut in Northern Slovakia. The two patients, combined with a third case observed in the same year in a nearby village in the Czech Republic, suggest that this region in Central Europe has to be considered as endemic for HFRS. J. Med. Virol. 83:496–500, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.