Hantaviruses in Serbia and Montenegro.
Hantaviruses are endemic in the Balkan Peninsula. An outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome occurred in 2002 in Serbia and Montenegro. The epidemiologic characteristics and genetic relatedness of Dobrava/Belgrade virus strains responsible for most cases are described.
Papa
Anna
A
World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Arboviruses and Haemorrhagic Fever Viruses at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Microbiology, Thessaloniki, Greece. annap@med.auth.gr
Bojovic
Bojana
B
Antoniadis
Antonis
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001483:Base Sequence; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D012367:RNA, Viral