Hantaviruses in Serbia and Montenegro

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jun;12(6):1015-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1206.051564.

Abstract

Hantaviruses are endemic in the Balkan Peninsula. An outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome occurred in 2002 in Serbia and Montenegro. The epidemiologic characteristics and genetic relatedness of Dobrava/Belgrade virus strains responsible for most cases are described.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Base Sequence
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / blood
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / virology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins / chemistry
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins / genetics
  • Orthohantavirus / genetics
  • Orthohantavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / chemistry
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Yugoslavia / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins
  • RNA, Viral