Article
Short report: isolation and partial characterization of a Puumala virus from a human case of nephropathia epidemica in France.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jun 1995
Rollin P E, Bowen M D, Kariwa H, Saluzzo J F, Guerard S, Flechaire A, Coudrier D, Sureau P, Peters C J, Nichol S T
Abstract excerpt
Puumala (PUU) virus (Bunyaviridae: Hantavirus), the etiologic agent of nephropathia epidemica (NE), the mid form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, is enzootic in Europe and has been known to occur in France since 1983. We report the first isolation of PUU virus in France and western Europe from a case of NE acquired in France. The virus was isolated from a serum collected in the acute phase of the...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- France
- Genotype
- Orthohantavirus
- Hantavirus Infections
- Humans
- Male
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
