title: Hantavirus nephropathy as a pseudo-import pathology from Ecuador.
abstract: We report a case of hantavirus infection (nephropathia epidemica) diagnosed in a Belgian backpacker returning from a trekking expedition in Ecuador, after likely heavy exposure to rodents. Because of epidemiological inconsistency, molecular investigation was performed and revealed a Puumala infection acquired during very limited exposure in Belgium upon return.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Saint-Pierre, Department of Internal Medicine, Brussels, Belgium. rdemeest@ulb.ac.be
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Demeester
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bottieau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Esbroeck
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pourkarim
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clement
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001530:Belgium; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D029262:Puumala virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral