Puumala Virus Infection in Family, Switzerland

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Vetter, Pauline ; L’Huillier, Arnaud G. ; Montalbano, Maria F. ; Pigny, Fiona ; Eckerle, Isabella ; Torriani, Giulia ; Rothenberger, Sylvia ; Laubscher, Florian ; Cordey, Samuel ; Kaiser, Laurent ; Schibler, Manuel
• Description:
  We report 3 cases of Puumala virus infection in a family in Switzerland in January 2019. Clinical manifestations of the infection ranged from mild influenza-like illness to fatal disease. This cluster illustrates the wide range of clinical manifestations of Old World hantavirus infections and the challenge of diagnosing travel-related hemorrhagic fevers.
• Subjects:
  Hantavirus Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome Humans Puumala Virus Travel Travel-Related Illness
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(2):658-660
• Pubmed ID:
  33496646
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7853570
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Switzerland
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1a2383676c5d29ab89c9ed5bec805a20420f817e5137b7cc5f3afe66457c8044
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/102471/cdc_102471_DS1.pdf
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