Two clinical cases of renal syndrome caused by Dobrava/Saaremaa hantaviruses imported to the Netherlands from Poland and Belarus, 2012–2014

Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel; Marco Goeijenbier; Jenny Verner-Carlsson; Eline Litjens; Willem-Jan Bos; Suzan D. Pas; Mariana Medonça Melo; Marion Koopmans; Åke Lundkvist; Chantal B. E. M. Reusken

doi:10.3402/iee.v6.30548

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology (Jan 2016)

Two clinical cases of renal syndrome caused by Dobrava/Saaremaa hantaviruses imported to the Netherlands from Poland and Belarus, 2012–2014

Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel,
Marco Goeijenbier,
Jenny Verner-Carlsson,
Eline Litjens,
Willem-Jan Bos,
Suzan D. Pas,
Mariana Medonça Melo,
Marion Koopmans,
Åke Lundkvist,
Chantal B. E. M. Reusken

Affiliations

Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel: Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, WHO Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Diseases
Marco Goeijenbier: Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, WHO Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Diseases
Jenny Verner-Carlsson: The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Eline Litjens: Department of Internal Medicine, Harbour Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Willem-Jan Bos: Department of Internal Medicine, Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Suzan D. Pas: Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, WHO Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Diseases
Mariana Medonça Melo: Department of Internal Medicine, Harbour Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Marion Koopmans: Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, WHO Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Diseases
Åke Lundkvist: The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Chantal B. E. M. Reusken: Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, WHO Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and Viral Hemorrhagic Diseases

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/iee.v6.30548
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 0
pp. 1 – 5

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We report the rare event of two imported cases in the Netherlands presenting with renal syndrome caused by Dobrava (DOBV)/Saaremaa (SAAV) hantaviruses. DOBV/SAAV hantaviruses are not circulating in the Netherlands and their clinical manifestation is typically more severe than that of the endemic Puumala virus (PUUV). This report aims to increase awareness among healthcare professionals and diagnostic laboratories to consider different hantaviruses as a cause of renal failure.

Published in Infection Ecology & Epidemiology

ISSN: 2000-8686 (Online)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
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