Human Infections by Non-Rodent-Associated Hantaviruses in Africa.
Various hantaviruses have been discovered in unconventional hosts (shrews and bats) in Africa. Up to now, it was unknown whether these viruses pose a threat for human health. In this study, using newly established serological assays, we demonstrated evidence of shrew-borne hantavirus infections in humans from Côte d'Ivoire and Gabon.
Charité Medical School.
Patrick
P
Heinemann
Yopougon Hospital.
Mélanie
M
Tia
Centre de Recherche Médicale, Lambaréné, Gabon.
Abraham
A
Alabi
Teaching Hospital, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.
Jean-Claude
JC
Anon
Charité Medical School.
Brita
B
Auste
Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich.
Sandra
S
Essbauer
Yopougon Hospital.
Apollinaire
A
Gnionsahe
Cocody Hospital, Abidjan.
Holo
H
Kigninlman
Charité Medical School.|Biomedical Research Center, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Boris
B
Klempa
University of Münster, Germany.
Christian
C
Kraef
Charité Medical School.
Nadine
N
Kruger
Robert Koch Institute, Berlin.
Fabian H
FH
Leendertz
Teaching Hospital, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.
Méliane
M
Ndhatz-Sanogo
University of Münster, Germany.
Frieder
F
Schaumburg
Charité Medical School.
Peter T
PT
Witkowski
Teaching Hospital, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.
Chantal G
CG
Akoua-Koffi
Charité Medical School.
Detlev H
DH
Kruger
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D005681:Gabon / Q000453:epidemiology; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000914:Antibodies, Viral
Africa; hantavirus; hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; serology; shrews; zoonoses