Case report: Severe neurological manifestation of Dobrava hantavirus infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1841-1843

  Cerar, Daša ^a,c   Avšič Županc, Tatjana ^b   Jereb, Matjaž ^a   Strle, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c NONE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dobrava virus; Hantavirus; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Neurologic manifestations

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOBRAVA VIRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; HANTAVIRUS; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PUUMALA VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SLOVENIA; SYMPTOM; VERTIGO; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; ENCEPHALITIS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARESIS; SEIZURES;

DOBRAVA-BELGRADE VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; PUUMALA;

EID: 35548990481     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21021     Document Type: Article

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