Hantavirus nephropathy as a pseudo-import pathology from Ecuador.
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.
Demeester
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University Hospital Saint-Pierre, Department of Internal Medicine, Brussels, Belgium. rdemeest@ulb.ac.be
Bottieau
E
E
Van Esbroeck
M
M
Pourkarim
M R
MR
Maes
P
P
Clement
J
J
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
D012367:RNA, Viral