Genetic detection of Dobrava/Belgrade virus in a Czech patient with Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1187-1190

  Papa, A ^a   Zelena H ^b   Barnetova D ^c   Petrousova L ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Dobrava Belgrade virus; Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Hantavirus; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UREA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CZECH REPUBLIC; DOBRAVA BELGRADE VIRUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HEADACHE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOPENIA; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CZECH REPUBLIC; HANTAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 77955133596     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03075.x     Document Type: Article

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