title: Serological evidence of Hantaan virus in Slovakia during 1989-1991.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gresíková
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kozuch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baráková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekeyová
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Tkachenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D005260:Female; D018063:Hantaan virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018154:Slovakia; D014709:Vero Cells
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral