Hantavirus infection during a stay in a mountain hut in northern Slovakia

Hana Zelena Hana (1) , Vlasta Zvolankova Vlasta (2) , Jana Zuchnicka Jana (3) , Katerina Liszkova Katerina (4) , Anna Papa (5)

1 Department of Virology
2 Department of Internal Diseases
3 Department of Haematology
4 Department of Anaesthesology and Resuscitation
5 A' Dept. of Microbiology

Hantaviruses in Europe cause human hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) with various degree of severity. The most severe form is caused by the Dobrava/Belgrade virus (DOBV), associated with the rodent Apodemus flavicollis. During the last decade cases of infection caused by DOBV have been reported in Central Europe. The present study is a report on two Czech patients with severe HFRS who were infected during their stay in a mountain hut in Northern Slovakia. The two patients, combined with a third case observed in the same year in a nearby village in the Czech Republic, suggest that this region in Central Europe has to be considered as endemic for HFRS.

Mots clés: Medicine

Hana Zelena Hana, Vlasta Zvolankova Vlasta, Jana Zuchnicka Jana, Katerina Liszkova Katerina, Anna Papa. Hantavirus infection during a stay in a mountain hut in northern Slovakia. Journal of Medical Virology, 2011, 83 (3), pp.496. ⟨10.1002/jmv.21984⟩. ⟨hal-00610733⟩