Hantavirus Infection in Istanbul, Turkey

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Oncul, Oral ; Atalay, Yunus ; Onem, Yalcin ; Turhan, Vedat ; Acar, Ali ; Uyar, Yavuz ; Caglayik, Dilek Y. ; Ozkan, Sezai ; Gorenek, Levent
• Description:
  More than 20 serotypes of hantavirus have been identified, and 11 infect humans. Puumala virus (PUUV), Dobrava virus (DOBV), and Seoul virus cause different forms of hemorrhagic renal syndrome (1,2). DOBV is endemic to Turkey and countries in the Balkan region. Approximately 10,000–12,000 cases of infection with PUUV and DOBV occur in European Russia each year (3). Initial case reports identified a hantavirus epidemic (laboratory confirmed) in February 2009 that involved 12 persons in Bartin and Zonguldak in western Turkey near the Black Sea. The hantavirus responsible for this epidemic was a PUUV subtype (4). We report a man infected with DOBV in Turkey who died 2 days after admission to an intensive care unit (ICU).
• Subjects:
  Adult Antibodies, Viral Fatal Outcome Hantavirus Infections Humans Immunoglobulin M Intensive Care Units Male Orthohantavirus RNA, Viral Urine Young Adult Zoonoses

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• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1702.100663
• ISSN:
  1080-6059 (digital) ; 1080-6040 (print)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  21291612
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3204758
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Turkey
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  2
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(2):303-304.
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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