Prediction of the Spatial Origin of Puumala Virus Infections Using L Segment Sequences Derived from a Generic Screening PCR [PDF]
Viruses, 2019 To screen diagnostic specimens for the presence of hantavirus genomes or to identify new hantaviruses in nature, the pan-hanta L-PCR assay, a broadly reactive nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay targeting the L segment ...
Sabrina Weiss +4 more
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Puumala Virus Infection in Family, Switzerland [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 We report 3 cases of Puumala virus infection in a family in Switzerland in January 2019. Clinical manifestations of the infection ranged from mild influenza-like illness to fatal disease. This cluster illustrates the wide range of clinical manifestations
Pauline Vetter +10 more
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A Fatal Case of Puumala Virus Infection with Pulmonary and Renal Syndrome in Moscow Region, Russia [PDF]
PathogensHemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is the most common zoonotic disease in Russia, with about a 98% abundance of Puumala virus in all HFRS cases.
Ekaterina Blinova +5 more
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Evolutionary Formation and Distribution of Puumala Virus Genome Variants, Russia [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 We analyzed Puumala virus (PUUV) sequences collected from bank voles from different regions of Russia. Phylogenetic analysis revealed PUUV reassortments in areas with the highest hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome incidence, indicating reassortment ...
Ekaterina Blinova +4 more
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Poor Prognosis for Puumala Virus Infections Predicted by Lymphopenia and Dyspnea [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 We investigated a prospective cohort of 23 patients who had Puumala virus infection in Austria to determine predictors of infection outcomes. We reviewed routinely available clinical and laboratory parameters collected when patients initially sought ...
Stefan Hatzl +6 more
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Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Lithuania [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Little is known about the presence of human pathogenic Puumala virus (PUUV) in Lithuania. We detected this virus in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in a region of this country in which previously PUUV-seropositive humans were identified.
Petra Straková +5 more
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Various Adjuvants Effect on Immunogenicity of Puumala Virus Vaccine [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Various adjuvant effects on the immunogenicity of the candidate inactivated Puumala virus vaccine were detected in BALB/c mice. Adjuvants under study were: aluminum hydroxide, spherical particles of Tobacco mosaic virus coat protein, B subunit of heat ...
Svetlana S. Kurashova +13 more
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Hantavirus in Dentistry: Occupational Exposure Considerations and a Proposed Tiered Infection Prevention and Control Framework—A Narrative Review [PDF]
Clin Exp Dent ResABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study is to synthesize evidence on hantavirus transmission and occupational exposure pathways relevant to dentistry, and to propose an evidence‐informed tiered infection prevention and control (IPC) framework that distinguishes established from theoretical risk.
Vafaei P +4 more
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Serologic Evidence of Hantavirus Exposure in Humans, Italy, 2004–2018 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesRodentborne hantaviruses and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) circulate in northern Italy but are rarely diagnosed. We tested samples collected from 371 patients during 2004–2018 and detected LCMV IgG in 2.7% of samples and hantavirus IgG in 7 ...
Giulia Faolotto +11 more
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Nephropathia Epidemica Caused by Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Scania, Southern Sweden [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesIn 2018, a local case of nephropathia epidemica was reported in Scania, southern Sweden, more than 500 km south of the previously known presence of human hantavirus infections in Sweden. Another case emerged in the same area in 2020.
Jiaxin Ling +6 more
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