title: Hantaviruses in Serbia and Montenegro.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: Bojana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bojovic
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antoniadis
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D012367:RNA, Viral