title: Detection of antibodies to the western and the eastern type of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in patient's sera from Slovakia.
abstract: We present serological evidence of infection with western and eastern type of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) virus in patient's sera from Slovakia by indirect immunofluorescence. Treatment of sera with 2-mercaptoethanol decreased levels of haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibodies to the eastern type of HFRS suggesting primary infection of the patients by this virus.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gresíková
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Tkachenko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekeyová
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D003604:Czechoslovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral