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hantavirus infection: a review and global update.hantaviruses have the potential to cause two different types of diseases in human: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps). hfrs, initially described clinically at the turn of the 20th century, occurs endemically in the asian and european continents, while hps, recognized as a clinical entity since 1993, represents the prototype of emerging diseases occurring in the western hemisphere. approximately 150,000 to 200,000 cases of hfrs are hospitalized ea ...200819736383
population, environmental, and community effects on local bank vole (myodes glareolus) puumala virus infection in an area with low human incidence.in this study, the distribution of puumala hantavirus (puuv) infection in local bank vole myodes glareolus populations in an area with low human puuv infection (nephropathia epidemica [ne]) incidence in northern belgium was monitored for 2 consecutive years. bank voles were trapped in preferred habitat and tested for anti-puuv igg. infection data were related to individual bank vole features, population demography, and environmental variables. rare occurrence of puuv infection was found and puuv ...200818370592
[genotype and sequence analysis on g2 segments of hantavirus from hfrs patients in hebei province].to know the genotype and subtype of hantavirus (hv) which infected persons in hebei province.200818414689
choclo virus infection in the syrian golden hamster.andes virus and choclo virus are agents of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. andes virus in hamsters almost always causes a disease that is pathologically indistinguishable from fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. the purpose of this study was to assess the pathogenicity of choclo virus in hamsters. none of 18 hamsters infected with choclo virus exhibited any symptom of disease. no evidence of inflammation or edema was found in the lungs of the 10 animals killed on days 7, 9, 11, 13, and 16 post-i ...200818385367
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support improves survival of patients with severe hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome.the purposes of this study are to evaluate the outcome of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in a subgroup of patients with hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome who had a predicted mortality of 100% and to assess the complications associated with this treatment modality and with different cannulation techniques.200818329474
dhori virus (orthomyxoviridae: thogotovirus) infection of mice produces a disease and cytokine response pattern similar to that of highly virulent influenza a (h5n1) virus infection in humans.mice infected with dhori virus (dhov) develop a fulminant, systemic, and uniformly fatal illness that has many of the clinical and pathologic findings seen in h5n1 influenza a virus infection. however, the role of host's immune response in dhov infection remains unclear. in this study, the concentrations of 23 inflammatory cytokines and chemokines were measured in the liver, lungs, and sera of mice during the course of dhov infection. liver function, level of viremia, and hematologic response we ...200818385368
[fever, nosebleeding and myalgic abdominal pain].a 38 year old patient presented with fever, myalgic abdominal pain, nose bleeding and acute renal failure since five days. a combination of thrombocytopenia, proteinuria, elevated crp and creatinin is common in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) due to hantavirus infection. the benigne form is called nephropathia epidemica. dialysis is infrequently required by patients with the puumala virus. other infection (e.g. malaria, leptospirosis, yellow fever) and systemic diseases (e.g. collag ...200818548800
passive immunization protects cynomolgus macaques against puumala hantavirus challenge.hantaviruses cause two severe and often fatal human diseases: haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps). presently, there is no effective prevention available for hfrs or hps. here, we studied the effect of passive immunization on the course of infection in cynomolgus macaques challenged with wild-type puumala hantavirus (puuv-wt).200818389907
accumulation of point mutations and reassortment of genomic rna segments are involved in the microevolution of puumala hantavirus in a bank vole (myodes glareolus) population.the genetic diversity of puumala hantavirus (puuv) was studied in a local population of its natural host, the bank vole (myodes glareolus). the trapping area (2.5 x 2.5 km) at konnevesi, central finland, included 14 trapping sites, at least 500 m apart; altogether, 147 voles were captured during may and october 2005. partial sequences of the s, m and l viral genome segments were recovered from 40 animals. seven, 12 and 17 variants were detected for the s, m and l sequences, respectively; these r ...200818559935
multivalent presentation of antihantavirus peptides on nanoparticles enhances infection blockade.viral entry into susceptible host cells typically results from multivalent interactions between viral surface proteins and host entry receptors. in the case of sin nombre virus (snv), a new world hantavirus that causes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome, infection involves the interaction between viral membrane surface glycoproteins and the human integrin alpha(v)beta(3). currently, there are no therapeutic agents available which specifically target snv. to address this problem, we used phage d ...200818391034
[molecular characterization of hantavirus zhejiang isolate zt10 strain from m. fartis].to learn about the complete genomic sequence of the seoul virus strain zt10 isolated from m. fartis.200818414685
development of an elisa to detect sin nombre virus-specific igm from deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus).peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse) is the primary reservoir for sin nombre virus (snv). although the presence of igg antibodies is often used as a marker of infection, it provides little information on active infections in a population but usually is an indicator of past infections. the presence of igm antibodies is a much better marker for determining whether active infections are present in a population. a mu-capture snv-specific igm enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was developed. fr ...200818586333
characterization of cross-reactive and serotype-specific epitopes on the nucleocapsid proteins of hantaviruses.the hantavirus nucleocapsid (n) protein fulfills several key roles in virus replication and assembly and is the major antigen in humoral immune responses in humans and mice. here we report on epitopes involved in serotype-specific and cross-reactive recognition of the n proteins of hantaviruses using monoclonal antibodies (mabs) against the n proteins of andes virus (andv) and sin nombre virus (snv). the mabs define at least twelve different epitopic patterns which span eight sequences, includin ...200818342973
[development and application of a two-step macelisa for the early diagnosis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome].to develop and improve a macelisa method for the early diagnosis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) with simplified operation procedure.200818414686
[cloning and sequence analysis of envelope glycoprotein g2 gene of hantavirus in shandong province].to construct the cloning vector of glycoprotein g2 gene of hantavirus (hv), to analyze the sequence of g2 gene by the phylogenetic tree, and to study the differences among glycoprotein g2 genes from the world around.200818414687
spatial and temporal patterning of bank vole demography and the epidemiology of the puumala hantavirus in northeastern france.epidemiological data from bank voles, myodes glareolus, naturally infected by the hantavirus puumala (puuv) were collected by a capture-mark-recapture protocol from 2000 to 2002 in the french department of ardennes. four monitored trapping sites were established in two forests located in two cantons (flize and monthermé). we captured 912 bank voles corresponding to 557 different individuals during 8820 trapping nights for an overall trapping success of 10.34%. the average puuv seroprevalence was ...200818325126
hantavirus outbreak, germany, 2007. 200818439382
[detection of a new natural virus focus dobrava in the astrakhan region].a natural focus of dobrava hantavirus was first revealed in an arid zone of the astrakhan region, by using molecular genetic methods. a polymerase chain reaction was employed to examine 389 lung tissue suspension samples taken from 9 species. hantavirus rna was found in 35 samples from 22 field mice (apodemus agrarius), 8 tamarisk gerbils (meriones temariscinus), 4 common voles (microtus arvalis), and 1 house mouse (mus musculus). sequencing determined the taxonomic affiliation of 18 new isolate ...200818450108
[hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome coursing with neurologic symptomatology].at present it is known 2 forms of hantavirus infections in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) induced by viruses hantaan, seoul, puumala and dobrava/belgrade; and hantaviral pulmonary syndrome, induced by sin nombre et al. a case of hrfs, induced by hantavirus dobrava, is described. features of this case are developed neurological manifestations against the background of renal pathology, and difficulties of clinical and laboratory diagnostics in practice.200818441710
[increase in the number of cases of epidemic nephropathy in germany. virological and ecological aspects].epidemic nephropathy (en) is transmitted to humans via rodents. the causative agent of this virus-borne renal disease is the hantavirus puumala. other members of the genus hantavirus cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) or hantaviral pulmonary syndrome (hps). as with all zoonoses the prevalence of the virus depends on the distribution of the reservoir species. climate changes have direct impact on the number of host animals and influence the incidence of hantaviral infections. a nu ...200818302100
hantavirus causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome enters from the apical surface and requires decay-accelerating factor (daf/cd55).the old world hantaviruses, members of the family bunyaviridae, cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs). transmission to humans occurs via inhalation of aerosols contaminated with the excreta of infected rodents. the viral antigen is detectable in dendritic cells, macrophages, lymphocytes, and, most importantly, microvascular endothelial cells. however, the site and detailed mechanism of entry of hfrs-causing hantaviruses in polarized epithelial cells have not yet been defined. theref ...200818305044
hantaviruses direct endothelial cell permeability by sensitizing cells to the vascular permeability factor vegf, while angiopoietin 1 and sphingosine 1-phosphate inhibit hantavirus-directed permeability.hantaviruses infect human endothelial cells and cause two vascular permeability-based diseases: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. hantavirus infection alone does not permeabilize endothelial cell monolayers. however, pathogenic hantaviruses inhibit the function of alphav beta3 integrins on endothelial cells, and hemorrhagic disease and vascular permeability deficits are consequences of dysfunctional beta3 integrins that normally regulate permeabilizing vasc ...200818367532
acute cardiopulmonary failure in a young man. 200818252925
isolation and genetic characterization of hantaviruses carried by microtus voles in china.to gain more insights into hantavirus distribution in china, microtus fortis were caught in jilin province and m. maximowiczii in the inner mongolia autonomous region. hantavirus specific rna was detected by rt-pcr in 3 out of 26 m. fortis and 5 out of 64 m. maximowiczii. two hantaviruses (fusong-mf-682 and yakeshi-mm-59) were isolated successfully in cell culture and their s and m segment nucleotide sequences were determined. phylogenetic analysis of the s and m segment sequences revealed that ...200818297708
phylogenetically distinct hantaviruses in the masked shrew (sorex cinereus) and dusky shrew (sorex monticolus) in the united states.a limited search for hantaviruses in lung and liver tissues of sorex shrews (family soricidae, subfamily soricinae) revealed phylogenetically distinct hantaviruses in the masked shrew (sorex cinereus) from minnesota and in the dusky shrew (sorex monticolus) from new mexico and colorado. the discovery of these shrew-borne hantaviruses, named ash river virus and jemez springs virus, respectively, challenges the long-held dogma that rodents are the sole reservoir hosts and forces a re-examination o ...200818256444
[epidemiology and laboratories: the missing link on the plans to study and prevent infectious diseases in chile].viral meningitis, hantavirus and vibrio parahaemolyticus infections are used as examples to demonstrate that important shortcomings and limitations exist in chile to study the epidemiology of infectious diseases with modern methods. the lack of a national network of well-connected local and national microbiology laboratories is one of these important shortcomings. the author summarizes the evolution of the systems and institutions that deal with the infectious diseases in the world and in chile.200818273517
prevalence of hantavirus infection in wild rattus norvegicus and r. rattus populations of buenos aires city, argentina.to determine the prevalence of infection with hantaviruses in wild rattus norvegicus and r. rattus populations in areas of buenos aires city.200818291001
new and old world hantaviruses differentially utilize host cytoskeletal components during their life cycles.recently we reported that the n protein of the old world hantavirus, hantaan (htnv), traffics on microtubules to the er-golgi intermediate compartment (ergic) prior to its movement to the golgi and requires an intact ergic for viral replication. we have extended these studies to the new world hantaviruses, andes virus (andv) and black creek canal virus (bccv), and an additional old world hantavirus, seoul virus (seov). these studies support microtubule-dependent trafficking of the n protein to e ...200818234268
clinical course and laboratory parameters of the first dobrava-belgrade hantavirus infection imported to germany. 200818218336
development of recombinant canine adenovirus type-2 expressing the gn glycoprotein of seoul virus.seoul virus glycoprotein gn is a major structural protein and candidate antigen of hantavirus that induces a highly immunogenic response for hantavirus vaccine. in this study, a replication-competent recombinant canine adenovirus type-2 expressing gn was constructed by the in vitro ligation method. the gn expression cassette, including the human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) promoter/enhancer and the sv40 early mrna polyadenylation signal, was cloned into the sspi site of the e3 region which is not ess ...200818249007
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by 2 lineages of dobrava hantavirus, russia.dobrava-belgrade virus (dobv) is a european hantavirus that causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs); case-fatality rates in balkan countries are as high as 12%. to determine causative agents, we examined 126 cases of dobv-associated hfrs in central and southern european russia. in central russia (lipetsk, voronezh, orel regions), outbreaks were caused by a dobv variant (dobv-aa) carried by apodemus agrarius. in southern russia (sochi district), where hfrs is endemic, hfrs cases were ...200818394280
dobrava virus rna load in patients who have hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.to asses the role of virus load in the pathogenesis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, the serum dobrava virus rna load in 46 patients was measured with a novel quantitative real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay and compared to the disease severity. the level of viremia, detected in 26 patients, ranged from 10(2)-10(8) copies/ml of serum. the patients with severe disease had, on average, higher viral rna loads than patients with a milder course of disease (6.15 v ...200818269319
occupational risk of exposure to rodent-borne hantavirus at us forest service facilities in california.hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (hcps) is a frequently fatal viral disease transmitted through rodent secretions and excretions. working around deer mice can increase risk of infection. this study assessed potential risk of hcps at facilities occupied by the us forest service (usfs) in california. in 2004-2005, 18 usfs facilities in eight national forests in california were evaluated for evidence of rodent infestation and circulation of hantavirus. structural deficiencies and evidence of rod ...200818256445
detection of viral bioagents using a shear horizontal surface acoustic wave biosensor.viruses are of high medical and biodefense concern and their detection at concentrations well below the threshold necessary to cause health hazards continues to be a challenge with respect to sensitivity, specificity, and selectivity. ideally, assays for accurate and real time detection of viral agents would not necessitate any pre-processing of the analyte, which would make them applicable for example to bodily fluids (blood, sputum) and man-made as well as naturally occurring bodies of water ( ...200818262781
puumala hantavirus genetic variability in an endemic region (northern sweden).puumala hantavirus (puuv), naturally harboured and shed by bank voles (myodes [clethrionomys] glareolus), is the etiological agent to nephropathia epidemica (ne), a mild haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. both host and virus are found throughout much of the european continent and in northern sweden ne is the second most prevalent serious febrile viral infection after influenza. the reliability of diagnostics by pcr depends on genetic variability for the detection of viral nucleic acids in u ...200818296126
sin nombre virus shedding patterns in naturally infected deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus) in relation to duration of infection.a 2-year capture-mark-recapture study was conducted in southern manitoba, canada, to test for an association between the duration of sin nombre virus (snv) infection in deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus) and virus shedding. hantavirus-specific igg antibodies were detected in 22.2% of captured deer mice, and recently infected deer mice were identified based on the detection of low-avidity igg antibodies. snv rna was detected in blood samples from the majority of seropositive deer mice with no sig ...200818266564
tula hantavirus isolate with the full-length orf for nonstructural protein nss survives for more consequent passages in interferon-competent cells than the isolate having truncated nss orf.the competitiveness of two tula hantavirus (tulv) isolates, tulv/lodz and tulv/moravia, was evaluated in interferon (ifn) -competent and ifn-deficient cells. the two isolates differ in the length of the open reading frame (orf) encoding the nonstructural protein nss, which has previously been shown to inhibit ifn response in infected cells.200818190677
genetic analysis of hantaviruses carried by myodes and microtus rodents in buryatia.hantavirus genome sequences were recovered from tissue samples of myodes rufocanus, microtus fortis and microtus oeconomus captured in the baikal area of buryatia, russian federation. genetic analysis of s- and m-segment sequences of buryatian hantavirus strains showed that myodes-associated strains belong to hokkaido virus (hokv) type while microtus-associated strains belong to vladivostok virus (vlav) type. on phylogenetic trees buryatian hokv strains were clustered together with m. rufocanus- ...200818190679
hantavirus rna in saliva from patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.hantaviruses cause 2 zoonotic diseases, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. infection is usually initiated after inhalation of virus-contaminated rodent excreta. in addition to the zoonotic infection route, growing evidence suggests person-to-person transmission of andes virus. for this reason, we studied whether saliva from hfrs patients contained hantavirus. during an outbreak in northern sweden of nephropathia epidemica (ne), a milder form of ...200818325254
the pursuer pursued. 200818328299
viral genome sequencing by random priming methods.most emerging health threats are of zoonotic origin. for the overwhelming majority, their causative agents are rna viruses which include but are not limited to hiv, influenza, sars, ebola, dengue, and hantavirus. of increasing importance therefore is a better understanding of global viral diversity to enable better surveillance and prediction of pandemic threats; this will require rapid and flexible methods for complete viral genome sequencing.200818179705
hantaviruses: underestimated respiratory viruses? 200818181749
differential regulation of pathogens: the role of habitat disturbance in predicting prevalence of sin nombre virus.deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus) are the primary reservoir for sin nombre virus (snv), a north american hantavirus that causes disease with high mortality in humans. recent studies have proposed that habitat disturbance affects prevalence of snv in deer mice; however, the outcomes proposed in these studies are in opposition to each other. our objectives were to test these divergent hypotheses by: (1) measuring snv infection in deer mice within a patchwork of disturbance; and (2) evaluating the ...200818064494
kinship, dispersal and hantavirus transmission in bank and common voles.hantaviruses are among the main emerging infectious agents in europe. their mode of transmission in natura is still not well known. in particular, social features and behaviours could be crucial for understanding the persistence and the spread of hantaviruses in rodent populations. here, we investigated the importance of kinclustering and dispersal in hantavirus transmission by combining a fine-scale spatiotemporal survey (4 km2) and a population genetics approach. two specific host-hantavirus s ...200818071626
genetic characterization and phylogeny of a hantavirus from western mexico.hantaviruses can cause two serious illnesses when transmitted from their rodent reservoirs to humans; hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) in the new world and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the old world. cases of hps were first recognized in the americas in small, focal outbreaks in rural populations in the southwestern usa in 1993. since that time, outbreaks as well as sporadic cases of hps have been recognized throughout the americas. remarkably, hps cases have not been reported in ...200817963942
seroepidemiological study on hantavirus infections in india.hantaviruses are etiological agents of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in many parts of asia and europe. there has been no documented case of hantavirus disease from india, although serological evidence exists. we investigated the prevalence of hantavirus in the indian population and tried to identify potential risk groups for hantavirus infections. the presence of hantavirus-specific igg antibodies was prospectively evaluated in 661 subjects belonging to different groups, i.e. patients wi ...200817996913
profiling of external metabolites during production of hantavirus nucleocapsid protein with recombinant saccharomyces cerevisiae.recombinant strains of saccharomyces cerevisiae, producing hantavirus puumala nucleocapsid protein for diagnostics and as a candidate vaccine were analyzed for uptake and excretion of intermediary metabolites during process optimization studies of fed-batch bioreactor cultures. concentrations of glucose, maltose, galactose, pyruvate, acetaldehyde, ethanol, acetate, succinate and formaldehyde (used as a selection agent) were measured in the culture medium in order to find a metabolite pattern, in ...200817985082
association between the dqa mhc class ii gene and puumala virus infection in myodes glareolus, the bank vole.puumala virus (puuv) is a hantavirus specifically harboured by the bank vole, myodes (earlier clethrionomys) glareolus. it causes a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in humans, called nephropathia epidemica (ne). the clinical severity of ne is variable among patients and depends on their major histocompatibility complex (mhc) genetic background. in this study we investigated the potential role of class ii mhc gene polymorphism in the susceptibility/resistance to puuv in t ...200817693139
prevalence and genetic diversities of hantaviruses in rodents in beijing, china.a total of 835 rodents captured in beijing, china, were tested for hantavirus infection. fifty-five (6.6%) were positive for viral rna when lung tissue samples were examined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. of 666 sera collected from the above rodents, 50 (7.5%) were positive for igg antibody by elisa. among the 50 seropositive rodents, 37 were positive for viral rna. in addition, five rodents were positive for viral rna but negative for igg antibody. the infection rates among ...200818187791
how host population dynamics translate into time-lagged prevalence: an investigation of sin nombre virus in deer mice.human cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome caused by sin nombre virus are the endpoint of complex ecological cascade from weather conditions, population dynamics of deer mice, to prevalence of snv in deer mice. using population trajectories from the literature and mathematical modeling, we analyze the time lag between deer mouse population peaks and peaks in snv antibody prevalence in deer mice. because the virus is not transmitted vertically, rapid population growth can lead initially to redu ...200817701378
immune serum produced by dna vaccination protects hamsters against lethal respiratory challenge with andes virus.hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) is a highly pathogenic disease (40% case fatality rate) carried by rodents chronically infected with certain viruses within the genus hantavirus of the family bunyaviridae. the primary mode of transmission to humans is thought to be inhalation of excreta from infected rodents; however, ingestion of contaminated material and rodent bites are also possible modes of transmission. person-to-person transmission of hps caused by one species of hantavirus, andes viru ...200818032485
a soluble and heat-resistant form of hantavirus nucleocapsid protein for the serodiagnosis of hfrs.hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) is a rodent-borne viral zoonosis characterized by fever, hemorrhagic manifestations, and renal disorder. the causative agent of hfrs has been identified as a hantavirus. hantavirus nucleocapsid proteins have recently been shown to be immunodominant antigens in hfrs, inducing an early and long-lasting immune response, and their amino termini are sensitive tools for the detection of specific antibodies in hfrs patient sera. previous work has demonstrate ...200817826847
effect of predators of juvenile rodents on the spread of the hantavirus epidemic.effects of predators of juvenile mice on the spread of the hantavirus are analyzed in the context of a recently proposed model. two critical values of the predation probability are identified. when the smaller of them is exceeded, the hantavirus infection vanishes without extinguishing the mice population. when the larger is exceeded, the entire mice population vanishes. these results suggest the possibility of control of the spread of the epidemic by introducing predators in areas of mice colon ...200817694347
isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in oligoryzomys longicaudatus (muridae, sigmodontinae, oryzomini), the natural reservoir of genotype andes hantavirus.the rodent oligoryzomys longicaudatus or long-tailed pygmy rice rat is the reservoir of the aetiological agent of the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in southern argentina and chile. we characterize 11 polymorphic microsatellite loci which would be useful for studies on microgeographical population structure in the species. amplification of these loci in 42 individuals from four natural populations revealed four to 21 alleles per locus, and values of observed heterozygosities ranging from 0.371 to ...200821586078
infections in the natural environment of british columbia, canada.the canadian province of british columbia has a luxurious environment, complete with the multitude of wildlife and insects, and would at first glance appear to be suitable for the transmission of diseases in nature communicable to humans. despite this potential, such diseases are relatively uncommon, although several have the potential for serious consequences. attention has been recently focused on hantavirus infection, water-borne toxoplasmosis and parasitic diarrheal diseases, cryptococcosis ...200820701841
an experimental test of factors attracting deer mice into buildings.deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus) are the principal reservoir host of sin nombre virus (snv). deer mice use a wide variety of habitats including peridomestic settings in and around human dwellings, their presence in and around homes has been implicated as a risk factor for acquiring hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. deer mice are believed to enter buildings in order to gain access to a variety of resources including food, bedding material, and better thermal microclimates. however, no one has expe ...200920628475
microhabitat characteristics of akodon montensis, a reservoir for hantavirus, and hantaviral seroprevalence in an atlantic forest site in eastern paraguay.hantaviruses may cause serious disease when transmitted to humans by their rodent hosts. since their emergence in the americas in 1993, there have been extensive efforts to understand the role of environmental factors on the presence of these viruses in their host rodent populations. hps outbreaks have been linked to precipitation, but climatic factors alone have not been sufficient to predict the spatial-temporal dynamics of the environment-reservoir-virus system. using a series of mark-recaptu ...200920836810
cyclic hantavirus epidemics in humans--predicted by rodent host dynamics.wildlife-originated zoonotic diseases are a major contributor to emerging infectious diseases. hantaviruses cause thousands of human disease cases annually worldwide, and understanding and predicting human hantavirus epidemics still poses unsolved challenges. here we studied the three-level relationships between the human disease nephropathia epidemica (ne), its etiological agent puumala hantavirus (puuv) and the rodent host of the virus, the bank vole (myodes glareolus). a large and long-term d ...200921352757
transient hypopituitarism in a patient with nephropathia epidemica.involvement of the pituitary gland is only rarely observed in hantavirus infection. this report describes the case of a patient who had transient hypopituitarism requiring hormonal replacement therapy due to hypophysitis as a result of puumala virus infection. mri studies revealed oedematous swelling of the gland as a morphological correlate. this report provides new evidence that hypopituitarism can be a serious complication in puumala virus infection and highlights the clinical implications of ...200921691389
hantavirus disease (nephropathia epidemica) in belgium: effects of tree seed production and climate.recently, human cases of nephropathia epidemica (ne) due to puumala virus infection in europe have increased. following the hypothesis that high reservoir host abundance induces higher transmission rates to humans, explanations for this altered epidemiology must be sought in factors that cause bank vole (myodes glareolus) abundance peaks. in western europe, these abundance peaks are often related to high tree seed production, which is supposedly triggered by specific weather conditions. we evalu ...200918606026
co-circulation of three pathogenic hantaviruses: puumala, dobrava, and saaremaa in hungary.hantaviruses (bunyaviridae) cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in eurasia and hantavirus (cardio)pulmonary syndrome (hcps) in the americas. hfrs is caused by hantaan virus (htnv), seoul virus (seov), dobrava virus (dobv), saaremaa virus (saav), and puumala virus (puuv). of those, only htnv is not present in europe. in recent years, hantaviruses, described in other parts of europe, were also detected at various locations in hungary. to study the genetic properties of hungarian han ...200919856478
[genotyping and sequence analysis on g2 segment of hantavirus carried by rat in hebei province].to know the genotype and subtype of hantavirus (hv) carried by host animals in hfrs natural epidemic area of hebei province.200920104766
molecular diagnostics of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome during a dobrava virus infection outbreak in the european part of russia.a large outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) occurred in the winter of 2006-2007 in a region southeast of moscow in central european russia. of the 422 patients with hfrs investigated in this study, 58 patients were found to be infected by puumala virus, whereas as many as 364 were infected by dobrava-belgrade virus (dobv). early serum samples from 10 dobv-infected patients were used for nucleic acid amplification, which was successful for 5 patients. molecular analyses demon ...200919828747
inhibition of tnf-alpha-induced activation of nf-kappab by hantavirus nucleocapsid proteins.hantaviruses cause two human diseases thought to be immune-mediated: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps). we recently reported that the nucleocapsid (n) protein of hfrs-causing hantaan virus (htnv) inhibits tumor necrosis factor-alpha (tnf-alpha) activation of nuclear factor-kappab (nf-kappab). here we measured the ability of other hantaviral n proteins to similarly interfere with the inflammatory process of tnf-alpha. we found that like htnv n, t ...200919751407
vaccines for hantaviruses.hantaviruses are assigned to categories a and c on the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases (niaid) priority pathogens list and to category c on the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) emergency preparedness and response list of boterrorism agents/diseases. these rodent-borne viruses are members of the family bunyaviridae and are transmitted to humans in aerosols of rodent excreta. there are more than 20 recognized hantaviruses, some of which are associated with one ...200919837289
host switch during evolution of a genetically distinct hantavirus in the american shrew mole (neurotrichus gibbsii).a genetically distinct hantavirus, designated oxbow virus (oxbv), was detected in tissues of an american shrew mole (neurotrichus gibbsii), captured in gresham, oregon, in september 2003. pairwise analysis of full-length s- and m- and partial l-segment nucleotide and amino acid sequences of oxbv indicated low sequence similarity with rodent-borne hantaviruses. phylogenetic analyses using maximum-likelihood and bayesian methods, and host-parasite evolutionary comparisons, showed that oxbv and asa ...200919394994
[research on hantanvirus infection of rodents in junan county, shandong province]. 200919957614
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in brasilia periphery: a diagnostic challenge.hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) is an emerging rodent-borne disease in the american continent, characterized by acute respiratory distress and a high case-fatality ratio. the present work describes a case of hps, with favorable outcome, whose initial features were mistaken for leptospirosis or other less severe acute infections.200919801809
dobrava-belgrade virus spillover infections, germany.we present the molecular identification of apodemus agrarius (striped field mouse) as reservoir host of the dobrava-belgrade virus (dobv) lineage dobv-aa in 3 federal states of germany. phylogenetic analyses provided evidence for multiple spillover of dobv-aa to a. flavicollis, a crucial prerequisite for host switch and genetic reassortment.200919961690
risk factors for human infection with puumala virus, southwestern germany.puumala virus, which causes nephropathia epidemica (ne), is the most prevalent hantavirus in germany; bank voles serve as the main reservoir. during 2001-2007, most ne cases reported from germany occurred in the southwestern state of baden-württemberg. we investigated the influence of bank vole habitats (beech forest, seed plants), vole food supply (beechnut mast), climate factors (winter and spring temperatures), and human population density on spatial and temporal occurrence of ne cases in bad ...200919624917
complete nucleotide sequence of four rna segments of fig mosaic virus.the complete sequence of four viral rna segments of fig mosaic virus (fmv) was determined. each of the four rnas comprises a single open reading frame (orf) 7,093, 2,252, 1,490 and 1,472 nucleotides in size, respectively. these orfs encode the following proteins in the order: rna-dependent rna polymerase (p1 264 kda), a putative glycoprotein (p2 73 kda), a putative nucleocapsid protein (p3 35 kda) and a protein with unknown function (p4 40.5 kda). all rna segments possess untranslated regions co ...200919777155
using satellite images of environmental changes to predict infectious disease outbreaks.recent events clearly illustrate a continued vulnerability of large populations to infectious diseases, which is related to our changing human-constructed and natural environments. a single person with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in 2007 provided a wake-up call to the united states and global public health infrastructure, as the health professionals and the public realized that today's ease of airline travel can potentially expose hundreds of persons to an untreatable disease associated wit ...200919788799
hantavirus infection in the republic of georgia.we describe a laboratory-confirmed case of hantavirus infection in the republic of georgia. limited information is available about hantavirus infections in the caucasus, although the infection has been reported throughout europe and russia. increasing awareness and active disease surveillance contribute to our improved understanding of the geographic range of this pathogen.200919788822
[cloning and expression of the nucleoprotein gene of puumala-like virus].in order to detect hokkaido virus (hokv), a recombinant baculovirus containing the nucleoprotein (np) gene of hokv was constructed, and then the np was expressed in insect cell.200919565881
[study on the difference of genes and the type identification of hantavirus from lishui, zhejiang province].to isolate hantavirus from lishui county--one of the epidemic regions for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs), in zhejiang province, and to identify the serotype and molecular/biological characteristics of a new htn subtype hantavirus (hv) strains, hopefully to provide evidence for hfrs prevention and therapy.200919565882
hantaviral infections of rodents: possible scenarios. 200919568690
hantavirus infection: a case report from india.the clinical presentation of hantavirus infections in india is unclear. we report here a case of hantavirus infection in a 46 year old quarry worker presenting with fever, abdominal pain, jaundice, thrombocytopenia and renal dysfunction. seroconversion and rising anti-hantavirus igg titers were taken as evidence of hantavirus infection. clinicians should consider hantavirus infections in the differential diagnosis of acute febrile illness along with scrub typhus, leptospirosis and dengue.200919584514
analysis of the immune response to hantaan virus nucleocapsid protein c-terminal-specific cd8(+) t cells in patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.hantaan virus (htnv), the prototype member of the hantavirus genus in the family bunyaviridae, causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs), which is characterized by capillary leakage, hemorrhage, and renal injury, and is an important public health problem in china. some kinds of immune cells, particularly cd8(+) t cells, are involved in the pathogenesis of hantavirus infection. the nucleocapsid protein (np) of the hantavirus is the most conserved structural protein and the most abundant ...200919594396
the first established focus of hantavirus infection in poland, 2007.the first hantavirus infection outbreak in poland (with different seroetiology) was identified between august-december 2007. thirteen cases were reported in southeast poland: 12 cases in the carpathians bordering with northeast slovakia, mainly in the forested areas of the bieszczady mountains, and one case approximately 100-120 kilometres north from the others, in the adjacent sub-carpathian region. four additional cases of past infection were identified retrospectively, based on the presence o ...200919572481
hantavirus infection and habitat associations among rodent populations in agroecosystems of panama: implications for human disease risk.hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (hcps), which is caused by infection with choclo virus, is uncommon in panama, yet seropositivity among rural residents is as high as 60%. to clarify the environmental risk factors favoring rodent-to-human transmission, we tested serum from 3,067 rodents captured over a five-year period for antibodies against recombinant n protein of hantavirus by enzyme immunoassay and strip immunoblot. among 220 seropositive rodents, oligoryzomys fulvescens, the reservoir of ...200919556568
hantaviruses and climate change.most hantaviruses are rodent-borne emerging viruses. they cause two significant human diseases, haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in asia and europe, and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in the americas. very recently, several novel hantaviruses with unknown pathogenic potential have been identified in africa and in a variety of insectivores (shrews and a mole). because there is very limited information available on the possible impact of climate change on all of these highly dangerous p ...200919604276
[infectious diseases and climate change].climate changes will likely have an impact on the spectrum of infectious diseases in europe. we may see an increase in vector-borne diseases, diseases spread by rodents such as hantavirus, and food- and water-borne diseases. as the effects of climate changes are likely to occur gradually, a modern industrialised country such as denmark will have the opportunity to adapt to the expected changes.200919857396
increased host species diversity and decreased prevalence of sin nombre virus.emerging outbreaks of zoonotic diseases are affecting humans at an alarming rate. until the ecological factors associated with zoonoses are better understood, disease emergence will continue. for lyme disease, disease suppression has been demonstrated by a dilution effect, whereby increasing species diversity decreases disease prevalence in host populations. to test the dilution effect in another disease, we examined 17 ecological variables associated with prevalence of the directly transmitted ...200919624913
evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on araraquara virus recombinant nucleocapsid protein.laboratory diagnosis of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (hcps) in brazil has been performed mostly by detection of igm antibodies to recombinant antigen purified from sin nombre virus and andes virus (andv). recently, a recombinant nucleocapsid (rn) protein of araraquara virus (arav), a brazilian hantavirus, was obtained in escherichia coli. to evaluate arav rn as antigen for antibody detection, serum samples from 30 patients from argentina seropositive for hantavirus were tested. all sample ...200919635882
degradation and aggresome formation of the gn tail of the apathogenic tula hantavirus.the cytoplasmic tails of envelope glycoprotein gn of pathogenic hantaviruses but not of the apathogenic prospect hill virus (phv) were recently reported to be proteasomally degraded in simian cos7 cells. here, we show that the cytoplasmic tails of the glycoproteins of the apathogenic hantaviruses tula virus (tulv) and phv are also degraded through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, both in human hek-293 and in simian vero e6 cells. tulv gn tails formed aggresomes in cells with proteasomal inhibit ...200919675185
[pulmonary and cardiovascular syndrome due to hantavirus: clinical aspects of an emerging disease in southeastern brazil].pulmonary and cardiovascular syndrome due to hantavirus is a disease caused by inhalation of aerosols from the excreta of wild rodents contaminated by viruses of the bunyaviridae family. we studied the clinical and laboratory manifestations of 70 cases that occurred in the region of ribeirão preto, sp, brazil, between 1998 and 2007. the frequency of symptoms was as follows: dyspnea (87%), fever (81%), coughing (44%), headache (34%), tachycardia (81%), low arterial blood pressure (56%), metabolic ...200919684976
hantavirus species in india: a retrospective study.hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in europe and asia. there are about 20 documented hantavirus species and newer species are being described worldwide, especially in non-rodent reservoirs, i.e shrews. focus reduction neutralization test is the classical serotyping technique for hantavirus. however, this study employs a previously established serotyping elisa, to retrospectively analyze known hantavirus igg reactive samples for infecting serotypes. the result suggests prese ...200919736405
identification of oligopeptides mimicking the receptor-binding domain of hantaan virus envelope glycoprotein from a phage-displayed peptide library.attachment of enveloped viruses to cells is triggered by the receptor-binding domain (rbd) on envelope glycoproteins (gp) binding to receptors located on the cell surface. to date, recognized receptors and rbd of hantaan virus (htnv) have not been exactly defined. in this study, one monoclonal antibody (mab) 3g1 possessing high neutralizing activity, which is directed against htnv envelope glycoprotein g2, was used to determine the crucial motif of rbd. peptide ligands binding to mab 3g1 were se ...200919767836
production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against the recombinant nucleoprotein of araucaria hantavirus.hantaviruses are rodent-borne rna viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) or hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps). from the first detection of infection in brazil in 1993 until 2009, 1161 cases of hps have been reported, with mortality rates of around approximately 40%. currently, due to the absence of a vaccine or specific antiviral therapy, the only way to reduce mortality by hantavirus infection is a fast and precise diagnosis that allows for supportive clinical health ...200919654026
genetic diversity and phylogeography of seewis virus in the eurasian common shrew in finland and hungary.recent identification of a newfound hantavirus, designated seewis virus (swsv), in the eurasian common shrew (sorex araneus), captured in switzerland, corroborates decades-old reports of hantaviral antigens in this shrew species from russia. to ascertain the spatial or geographic variation of swsv, archival liver tissues from 88 eurasian common shrews, trapped in finland in 1982 and in hungary during 1997, 1999 and 2000, were analyzed for hantavirus rnas by reverse transcription-polymerase chain ...200919930716
genetic characterization of a juquitiba-like viral lineage in oligoryzomys nigripes in rio de janeiro, brazil.hantaviruses, family bunyaviridae, are rodent-borne rna viruses that have caused cases of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (hcps) in various regions of the americas. there are five hantaviral lineages associated with hcps in brazil: juquitiba virus (juqv), araraquara virus (arav), laguna negra-like virus (lnv), castelo dos sonhos virus (casv), and anajatuba virus (anajv). three additional hantaviruses have been described in rodents alone: rio mearim virus, jaborá virus, and a hantavirus linea ...200919660427
[serological characteristics of hantaviruses from clinical specimens analyzed in 1998-2008 in the department of virology, public health institute, ostrava].in 1998 - 2008, serum samples from 464 patients, predominantly residents of the moravia-silesian region, were examined in the department of virology, public health institute in ostrava, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for the detection of specific anti-hantavirus antibodies. seropositivity was ascertained in 41 persons (8.8%). more patients tested seropositive against hantaan virus (24, i.e. 58.5%) than against puumala virus (13, i.e. 31.7%). four persons were reactive against bo ...200919750821
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in five pediatric patients - four states, 2009.hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) is a reportable infectious disease with a high case-fatality rate, transmitted to humans by exposure to rodents. each year, 20--40 cases of hps occur in the united states; cases in persons aged <17 years make up fewer than 7% of those cases, and cases in children aged <10 years are exceptionally rare. cdc received reports of five pediatric cases of hps occurring during may 16--november 25, 2009, among children aged 6--14 years from arizona, california, colorad ...200920032925
hantavirus regulation of endothelial cell functions.hantaviruses cause two vascular permeability-based diseases and primarily infect endothelial cells which form the primary fluid barrier of the vasculature. since hantavirus infections are not lytic, the mechanisms by which hantaviruses cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) or hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) are indeterminate. hps is associated with acute pulmonary oedema and hfrs with moderate haemorrhage and renal sequelae, perhaps reflecting the location of vast microvascular ...200919967132
[geographic expansion of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in argentina. the southernest case report].since 1995 more than 1000 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) were reported in argentina, a severe disease and often fatal to humans. most cases were associated with andes virus (and) that caused few events of person-to-person transmission. several lineages of pathogenic and viruses have been described, including and south, hosted by the rodent oligoryzomys longicaudatus which affects the patagonian region of argentina and chile. we studied the clinical and epidemiological characteristi ...200920053606
[construction of a recombinant adenovirus carrying the hantaan virus glycoprotein g2 gene and its expression in hela cells].we constructed the recombinant adenovirus expressing the glycoprotein g2 of hantaan virus. firstly we obtained coding gene fragment of g2 by pcr, and subsequently inserted the gene of interest into the adenoviral pshuttle vector pad5-cmv. then we co-transfected the recombinant pshuttle vector and adenovirus skeleton plasmid into hek293 cells by calcium phosphate precipitation method. after the recombinant adenovirus were packaged and amplified in hek293 cells, we observed the expression of repor ...200920112705
perspectives on scrub typhus, tick-borne pathogens, and hantavirus in the republic of korea. 200920088033
seasonal dispersal patterns of sylvan deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus) within montana rangelands.we examined seasonal dispersal patterns and timing of new infections of sin nombre virus (snv), as determined by recent acquisition of antibodies (seroconversion), in deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus) at two montana rangeland study sites over three years, 2004-2007. one study site was located in grassland habitat, and the other was located in shrub-steppe. in montana, both of these habitats are commonly associated with peridomestic environments (in and around buildings). peridomestic environmen ...200919901376
epidemiological study of hantavirus infection in the samara region of european russia.european russia is a highly endemic area of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs), a rodent-borne zoonotic disease, caused by hantaviruses. in total, 145 small mammals of four species (myodes glareolus, apodemus flavicollis, a. agrarius, and a. uralensis) were trapped in the samara region of european russia in august 2005 and examined for the presence of hantavirus (hv). anti-hv antibodies were found in six of 68 (8.8%) m. glareolus and in one of 19 (5.3%) a. flavicollis by indirect immun ...200920046023
milder winters in northern scandinavia may contribute to larger outbreaks of haemorrhagic fever virus.the spread of zoonotic infectious diseases may increase due to climate factors such as temperature, humidity and precipitation. this is also true for hantaviruses, which are globally spread haemorrhagic fever viruses carried by rodents. hantaviruses are frequently transmitted to humans all over the world and regarded as emerging viral diseases. climate variations affect the rodent reservoir populations and rodent population peaks coincide with increased number of human cases of hantavirus infect ...200920052429
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