First Molecular Identification of Human Dobrava Virus Infection in Central Europe

AUTOR(ES)

Klempa, Boris

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Viral RNA was amplified by reverse transcription-PCR from a patient suffering from hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Germany. The virus strain could be assigned to the Dobrava hantavirus (DOBV). This is the first molecular identification of human infection by DOBV in central Europe and the first proof that a virus strain related to the DOBV-Aa lineage, carried by Apodemus agrarius rodents, is able to cause HFRS.

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