Publications
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| detection of circulating antigen with a mab-based sandwich-elisa and its comparison with specific igm detection in sera of patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. | a monoclonal antibody (1h2) against nucleocapsid protein of hantavirus was developed. a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) with the monoclonal antibody (mab) was established and evaluated for detecting circulating antigen (cag) in serum of patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs). results were compared to that of an immunoglobulin m (igm)-detecting elisa. of 143 patients with hfrs, 106 were positive for cag of hantavirus and 128 positive for specific igm. among ... | 2007 | 17316085 |
| selection and characterization of scfv antibodies against the sin nombre hantavirus nucleocapsid protein. | rodent-borne hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in the old world and hantavirus cardio-pulmonary syndrome (hcps) in the new. most cases of hcps in north america are caused by sin nombre virus (snv). current viral detection technologies depend upon the identification of anti-viral antibodies in patient serum. detection of viral antigen may facilitate earlier detection of the pathogen. we describe here the characterization of two single-chain fv antibodies (scfvs), sel ... | 2007 | 17336997 |
| ex vivo stability of the rodent-borne hantaan virus in comparison to that of arthropod-borne members of the bunyaviridae family. | the possible effect of virus adaptation to different transmission routes on virus stability in the environment is not well known. in this study we have compared the stabilities of three viruses within the bunyaviridae family: the rodent-borne hantavirus hantaan virus (htnv), the sand fly-borne phlebovirus sandfly fever sicilian virus (sfsv), and the tick-borne nairovirus crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus (cchfv). these viruses differ in their transmission routes: sfsv and cchfv are vector bo ... | 2007 | 17337567 |
| demographic factors associated with prevalence of antibody to sin nombre virus in deer mice in the western united states. | we used long-term data collected for up to 10 yr (1994-2004) at 23 trapping arrays (i.e., webs and grids) in arizona, colorado, montana, and new mexico to examine demographic factors known or suspected to be associated with risk of infection with sin nombre virus (snv) in its natural host, the deer mouse (peromyscus maniculatus). gender, age (mass), wounds or scars, season, and local relative population densities were statistically associated with the period prevalence of antibody (used as a mar ... | 2007 | 17347388 |
| sin nombre virus infection of deer mice in montana: characteristics of newly infected mice, incidence, and temporal pattern of infection. | sin nombre virus (snv), hosted by the deer mouse (peromyscus maniculatus), is the principal cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) in north america. to improve our understanding of factors that contribute to the occurrence of hps, we conducted an extensive field study of the characteristics of newly infected (as determined by recent acquisition of antibody) deer mice and the temporal pattern of antibody acquisition (seroconversion) from 1994 through 2004 in montana, usa. we sampled 6,584 i ... | 2007 | 17347389 |
| two cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in randolph county, west virginia: a coincidence of time and place? | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) is caused by an infection with viruses of the genus hantavirus in the western hemisphere. rodent hosts of hantaviruses are present throughout the united states. in july 2004, two hps case-patients were identified in randolph county, wv: a wildlife science graduate student working locally and a randolph county resident. we interviewed family members and colleagues, reviewed medical records, and conducted environmental studies at likely exposure sites. small mam ... | 2007 | 17360864 |
| seaport as a source of hantavirus: a study on isolated isles. | since small mammals from seaports have relative higher seroprevalences of hantavirus, this seroepidemiologic study was conducted on the isles in kinmen and lienchiang counties along the coast of southern mainland china to determine whether seaport may play the role as a source of hantavirus. among six species of small mammals trapped in kinmen county, only male mus musculus (6.7%) and rattus losea (5.3%) were found to be positive. in lienchiang county, five species of small mammals were trapped ... | 2007 | 17365077 |
| clusters of hantavirus infection, southern argentina. | person-to-person transmission of a hantavirus was first confirmed during a 1996 outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in southern argentina, where andes virus is endemic. to identify other episodes of secondary transmission, we reviewed reports of 51 cases of hantavirus infection from this region (november 1993-june 2005). nine clusters involving 20 cases (39.2%) were found. two patients, who had symptoms 3 weeks after they shared risks for rodent exposure, were considered a cluster. the oth ... | 2007 | 17370522 |
| isolation and characterization of hantavirus carried by apodemus peninsulae in jilin, china. | to provide a better understanding of hantavirus epidemiology in china, korean field mice (apodemus peninsulae) and striped field mice (apodemus agrarius) were captured in jilin province, china, where haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) is endemic. hantavirus antigens were detected in eight of the 130 a. peninsulae individuals and in four of the 193 a. agrarius individuals by using an immunofluorescence assay. partial s and m segments were amplified from all of the antigen-positive samp ... | 2007 | 17374775 |
| hantavirus infection in brazil: development and evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay and immunoblotting based on n recombinant protein. | the symptoms of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome may resemble those of other febrile illnesses. the development of an accurate diagnostic test should therefore improve clinical prognosis and be useful in epidemiologic studies. we evaluated the use of a recombinant antigen (rndelta(85)) based on the s-segment sequences of a brazilian hantavirus for detecting immunoglobulin m (igm) and immunoglobulin g (igg) antibodies against hantavirus in an indirect enzyme immunoassay (eia). we assayed 613 serum s ... | 2007 | 17383845 |
| index of suspicion. | 2007 | 17400825 | |
| a comparative epidemiological study of hantavirus infection in japan and far east russia. | hantaviruses are causative agents of some severe human illnesses, including hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps). the viruses are maintained by rodent hosts, and humans acquire infection by inhaling virus-contaminated excreta from infected animals. to examine the epidemiology of hantavirus infections in japan and far east russia, we conducted epidemiological surveys in these regions. in japan, anti-hantavirus antibodies were found in four rodent sp ... | 2007 | 17405352 |
| community acquired pneumonia in the tropics. | due to the exponential growth of international exchange, millions of travelers are exposed to respiratory pathogens in the tropics and may return ill. community-acquired pneumonia is one of the more prevalent infections. | 2007 | 17414123 |
| chemokine production predominates in human monocytes infected with tula virus. | many reports suggest the hypothesis of a complex immune response accompanying hantaviral infections. however, little is known about the immunopathogenesis of nonpathogenic hantaviruses, especially tula virus (tulv). the aim of our study was to determine the cytokine/chemokine profile induced after the infection of human macrophages with tulv and the role of viral replication in this process. also, we wanted to establish how the study of tulv is relevant to our previous study of pathogenic hantav ... | 2007 | 17425435 |
| hantavirus infection induces a typical myocarditis that may be responsible for myocardial depression and shock in hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. | despite clinical evidence of myocardial dysfunction, there is no pathological evidence of myocardial injury in hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps). the dominant opinion is that the primary cardiac lesion is functional rather than structural. the present study describes hantaviral antigen and particles in the cardiac endothelium and interstitial macrophages in association with a typical myocarditis in hps. human hearts from 14 individuals who died of hps were compared with hearts from 14 individu ... | 2007 | 17436235 |
| characterization and nmr solution structure of a novel cyclic pentapeptide inhibitor of pathogenic hantaviruses. | hantavirus-induced diseases such as hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome are a global health concern. hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome caused by sin nombre virus lacks specific therapy and its high mortality makes sin nombre virus a potential bioweapon agent. sin nombre virus entry into susceptible cells requires expression of alpha(v)beta(3) integrin. we recently reported the sequence of a cyclic nonapeptide that inhibited sin nombre virus entry into ... | 2007 | 17441904 |
| [generalized lymphadenitis associated with hashimoto's thyroiditis]. | a 26-year-old pakistani woman was admitted to hospital with fever, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and general weakness for the previous two weeks, but no diarrhea or constipation. antibiotic therapy as an out-patient had not provided relief. she also had enlarged cervical lymph nodes. she reported that she had always been in good health before onset of the described symptoms. | 2007 | 17443443 |
| emerging zoonoses and vector-borne infections affecting humans in europe. | the purpose of this study was to assess and describe the current spectrum of emerging zoonoses between 2000 and 2006 in european countries. a computerized search of the medline database from january 1966 to august 2006 for all zoonotic agents in european countries was performed using specific criteria for emergence. fifteen pathogens were identified as emerging in europe from 2000 to august 2006: rickettsiae spp., anaplasma phagocytophilum, borrelia burgdorferi, bartonella spp., francisella tula ... | 2007 | 17445320 |
| radiological findings and their clinical correlations in nephropathia epidemica. | nephropathia epidemica (ne) is a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs). its course varies from asymptomatic to fatal. the etiologic agent, puumala virus, belongs to the hantavirus genus of the bunyaviridae family. respiratory symptoms, from common cold to respiratory distress, occur in ne. acute renal failure (arf) is evident in over 90% of hospital-treated ne patients. in this review article, special attention is paid to radiological lung and renal involvement to investigate ... | 2007 | 17453509 |
| hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. | hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (hcps) is caused by infection with multiple types of hantaviruses throughout the americas. all strains induce a pulmonary capillary leak syndrome with cardiogenic shock in severe cases, and almost all strains have an overall mortality rate of 35%. some strains in south america are commonly associated with either mild disease without pulmonary edema or severe disease with pulmonary hemorrhage. early recognition during the thrombocytopenic prodrome phase and tra ... | 2007 | 17458773 |
| hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: the sound of a mouse roaring. | 2007 | 17471422 | |
| prospective evaluation of household contacts of persons with hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in chile. | andes virus (andv) infection, which has a case fatality rate of 37% in chile, often occurs in household clusters and may be transmitted from person to person. | 2007 | 17471425 |
| temporal analysis of andes virus and sin nombre virus infections of syrian hamsters. | andes virus (andv) and sin nombre virus (snv) are rodent-borne hantaviruses that cause a highly lethal hemorrhagic fever in humans known as hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps). there are no vaccines or specific drugs to prevent or treat hps, and the pathogenesis is not understood. syrian hamsters infected with andv, but not snv, develop a highly lethal disease that closely resembles hps in humans. here, we performed a temporal pathogenesis study comparing andv and snv infections in hamsters. snv ... | 2007 | 17475651 |
| persistently highest risk areas for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: potential sites for refugia. | interannual variation in the number of cases of human disease caused by hantaviruses in north america has been hypothesized to reflect environmental changes that influence rodent reservoir populations. this hypothesis postulates that when cases are rare reservoir populations are geographically restricted in patches of suitable habitat. identifying these sites, which is needed to test the hypothesis, has proven to be a challenge. satellite imagery of the u.s. southwest has shown associations amon ... | 2007 | 17479840 |
| symptomatic human hantavirus in the americas. | 2007 | 17479912 | |
| analysis of the immune response of hantaan virus nucleocapsid protein-specific cd8+ t cells in mice. | the major histocompatibility complex (mhc) class-i restricted epitope of hantaan virus nucleocapsid protein (n) was identified using overlapping peptides and balb/c mice. using the mhc tetramer derived from the epitope, we found that the level of n-specific cd8(+) t cells increased to approximately 20% of all antigen-specific cd8(+) t cells in a mouse model of transient infection. however, n-specific cd8(+) t cells were undetectable in a mouse model of persistent infection, both in the persisten ... | 2007 | 17481691 |
| mxa-independent inhibition of hantaan virus replication induced by type i and type ii interferon in vitro. | interferons (ifn) induce an antiviral state against hantaan virus (htnv) but the mechanisms responsible for inhibition are unclear. the ifn-inducible mxa is discussed to be important for control of infections with hantaviruses. to characterize the role of endogenous mxa, the inhibition of htnv induced by type i and type ii ifns was compared in vero and a549 cells. ifnalpha and ifngamma reduced production of infectious virions, viral rna, and nucleocapsid protein with the same efficiency, althoug ... | 2007 | 17482705 |
| [hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps)]. | 2007 | 17491376 | |
| stable expression of hantavirus h8205 strain g1/il-2 gene and immune protection of the fusion gene. | to explore the feasibility of stable expression of hantavirus h8205 strain g1 segment and human il-2 fusion gene in vero cells, and to examine the immune protection effects on mice vaccinated with this recombinant eukaryotic expression vector containing hantavirus g1 gene and il-2 gene. with the help of lipofectamine, the vero cells were transfected with pcdna3.1/hisb-il-2-g1 and the positive cells were selected by g418. ifat and sds-page electrophoresis were used to determine the stable transfe ... | 2007 | 17497275 |
| [study of the phylogenetic relations of puumala hantaviruses, by using the mutual information calculating method]. | phylogenetic relations were investigated in the group of puumala viruses (the genus hantavirus, the family bunyaviridae) by the mutual information showing the similarity of the nucleotide sequences of s- and m-genome segments. there was evidence that recombination events might occurr in some eurasian puumala viruses (scandinavian and west-siberian genotypes). the investigation revealed the conservative sites available in the s and m segments that were common to most puumala viruses, as well as t ... | 2007 | 17500234 |
| lambda interferon (ifn-lambda) in serum is decreased in hantavirus-infected patients, and in vitro-established infection is insensitive to treatment with all ifns and inhibits ifn-gamma-induced nitric oxide production. | hantaviruses, causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (hcps), are known to be sensitive to nitric oxide (no) and to pretreatment with type i and ii interferons (alpha interferon [ifn-alpha]/ifn-beta and ifn-gamma, respectively). elevated serum levels of no and ifn-gamma have been observed in hfrs patients, but little is known regarding the systemic levels of other ifns and the possible effects of hantaviruses on innate antiviral immune respons ... | 2007 | 17522204 |
| detection of dobrava hantaviruses in apodemus agrarius mice in the transdanubian region of hungary. | dobrava hantavirus (dobv) belongs to the genus hantavirus of the family bunyaviridae, and is carried by yellow necked and striped field mice (apodemus flavicollis and apodemus agrarius), respectively. the aim of this study was to detect and genetically characterize new dobv strains in rodents captured in the transdanubian region of hungary. rodent corpses were dissected and lung tissues were used for hantavirus detection by sybr green-based real-time rt-pcr using specific primers located in the ... | 2007 | 17524512 |
| nucleotide sequence characterization and phylogenetic analysis of hantaviruses isolated in shandong province, china. | china is the most severe endemic area of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in the world with 30,000-50,000 cases reported annually, which accounts for more than 90% of total number of cases worldwide. the incidence rate of the syndrome in shandong province is one of the highest in china, which has ever reached 50 per 100,000 persons per year. however, the molecular characteristics of hantaviruses (hv) epidemic in shandong province remain unclear. therefore it is useful to clarify nucl ... | 2007 | 17531126 |
| puumala and tula hantaviruses in france. | the first genome sequences of tula (tulv) and puumala (puuv) hantaviruses undoubtedly originated from france were recovered from tissue samples of european common voles and bank voles captured in jura region. genetic analysis of s and m segments of french puuv strain revealed its highest similarity to strains from neighboring belgium and germany and also from slovakia. on phylogenetic trees, french puuv strain was placed within the central european lineage formed by strains from these three coun ... | 2007 | 17532080 |
| dynein-dependent transport of the hantaan virus nucleocapsid protein to the endoplasmic reticulum-golgi intermediate compartment. | in contrast to most negative-stranded rna viruses, hantaviruses and other viruses in the family bunyaviridae mature intracellularly, deriving the virion envelope from the endoplasmic reticulum (er) or golgi compartment. while it is generally accepted that old world hantaviruses assemble and bud into the golgi compartment, some studies with new world hantaviruses have raised the possibility of maturation at the plasma membrane as well. overall, the steps leading to virion assembly remain largely ... | 2007 | 17537852 |
| puumala hantavirus viremia diagnosed by real-time reverse transcriptase pcr using samples from patients with hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome. | puumala virus (puuv) is the endemic hantavirus in northern sweden and causes nephropathia epidemica (ne), a milder form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. there is a need for fast and reliable diagnostics to differentiate the disease from other infections. by aligning virus rna sequences isolated from 11 different bank voles and one human patient, we designed a real-time reverse transcriptase (rt) pcr method for detection of puuv rna. the real-time rt-pcr assay showed linearity from 20 to ... | 2007 | 17537944 |
| [prevalence of antibodies to hantavirus among hemodialysis patients with end-stage renal failure in kaunas and its district]. | the objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of antibodies to hantaviruses among hemodialysis patients with end-stage renal failure in kaunas and its district. | 2007 | 17551280 |
| hantavirus and arenavirus antibodies in persons with occupational rodent exposure. | rodents are the principal hosts of sin nombre virus, 4 other hantaviruses known to cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in north america, and the 3 north american arenaviruses. serum samples from 757 persons who had worked with rodents in north america and handled neotomine or sigmodontine rodents were tested for antibodies against sin nombre virus, whitewater arroyo virus, guanarito virus, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. antibodies against sin nombre virus were found in 4 persons, agains ... | 2007 | 17553266 |
| novel hantavirus sequences in shrew, guinea. | 2007 | 17554814 | |
| update on hantavirus in oklahoma: are we missing cases? | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) was first recognized in 1993. through july 6, 2005, 396 cases have been reported in the us, including 50 from kansas, texas, and oklahoma. we report the second case of hps in oklahoma and present data from rodent testing to support the presence of hantaviruses across oklahoma. we examined oklahoma death certificates for 1999-2003 for possible unreported hps cases. the rate of death in young adults 15-49 years due to acute respiratory distress syndrome was 69% ... | 2007 | 17557601 |
| [an epidemiologle investigation of hantaviruses carried by rodent hosts in hunan province]. | to explore the hantavirus infection and their genotype in rodents in hunan. | 2007 | 17575936 |
| envelope glycoproteins of hantavirus can mediate cell-cell fusion independently. | hantaviruses (htvs) are enveloped viruses and can induce low ph-dependent cell fusion. in this report we molecularly cloned viral glycoproteins (gps) cdna and nucleocapsid (np) cdna of two strains of hantaan virus and one strain of seoul virus and expressed in vero e6 cells under control of a cmv promoter. the examinations of viral gene expressions were carried out by ifa and immune-precipitation. after treatment with low ph (ph 5.8) medium the syncytium were observed in the cells transfected wi ... | 2007 | 17619252 |
| a new hantaan-like virus in rodents (apodemus peninsulae) from northeastern china. | lung tissue samples of 76 korean field mice (apodemus peninsulae) collected from northeastern china bordering with far east russia and korea were detected for hantavirus partial m-segment or entire s-segment sequences by rt-pcr and 481-nt mitochondrial dna fragment of the rodents. four a. peninsulae mice were found positive for partial m-segment of hantavirus. sequence analyses of partial m-segment or/and entire s-segment of the hantaviruses revealed that three were closely related to hantaan vi ... | 2007 | 17624464 |
| hantavirus disease outbreak in germany: limitations of routine serological diagnostics and clustering of virus sequences of human and rodent origin. | in europe, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome results mainly from infection with puumala virus (puuv) or dobrava virus. for 31 patients from a hantavirus disease outbreak in lower bavaria, a district in southeast germany, serodiagnosis was undertaken by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunofluorescence assay, and immunoblot analysis. in a few of these cases, however, puuv-specific typing of antibodies by these standard assays failed and a virus neutralization assay under biosafety level 3 ... | 2007 | 17626170 |
| a longitudinal study of hantavirus infection in three sympatric reservoir species in agroecosystems on the argentine pampa. | prevalence of antibody reactive with sin nombre hantavirus (snv) was evaluated from rodents captured over 31 months (march 1988 to september 1990) from six mark-recapture grids on the central argentine pampa. the most frequently infected rodents were: akodon azarae (31/459), necromys benefactus (8/141), and oligoryzomys flavescens (10/281), which are known hosts of pergamino, maciel, and lechiguanas hantaviruses, respectively. relative population density and antibody prevalence varied seasonally ... | 2007 | 17627443 |
| early innate immune responses to sin nombre hantavirus occur independently of ifn regulatory factor 3, characterized pattern recognition receptors, and viral entry. | sin nombre virus (snv) is a highly pathogenic new world virus and etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. we have previously shown that replication-defective virus particles are able to induce a strong ifn-stimulated gene (isg) response in human primary cells. rna viruses often stimulate the innate immune response by interactions between viral nucleic acids, acting as a pathogen-associated molecular pattern, and cellular pattern-recognition receptors (prrs). ligand binding to prr ... | 2007 | 17641046 |
| human cd8+ t cell memory generation in puumala hantavirus infection occurs after the acute phase and is associated with boosting of ebv-specific cd8+ memory t cells. | the induction and maintenance of t cell memory is incompletely understood, especially in humans. we have studied the t cell response and the generation of memory during acute infection by the puumala virus (puuv), a hantavirus endemic to europe. it causes a self-limiting infection with no viral persistence, manifesting as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. hla tetramer staining of pbmc showed that the cd8(+) t cell response peaked at the onset of the clinical disease and decreased within the ... | 2007 | 17641066 |
| [detection of igm antibody against hantavirus by chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay]. | to develop a chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cleia) for the detection of htnv igm antibody. | 2007 | 17653327 |
| [hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in the triângulo mineiro and alto paranaíba regions, state of minas gerais, 1998-2005: clinical-epidemiological aspects of 23 cases]. | the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory and treatment findings from 23 cases of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome were analyzed. these cases were identified either serologically or immunohistochemically in hospitals in the municipality of uberlândia, state of minas gerais. fever (100%), dyspnea (100%) and myalgia (78%) were the symptoms most frequently observed in this sample. the most prevalent physical signs were hypotension (65%) and tachycardia (65%). the most common laboratory findings ... | 2007 | 17653464 |
| hantavirus infection in east asia. | hantaviruses are enveloped rna viruses that belong to the hantavirus genus of the family bunyaviridae. these viruses persistently infect their rodent reservoirs without causing disease. the virus is transmitted to humans via the inhalation of infectious aerosols generated from contaminated animal secretions or through the contaminated saliva of animal bites. hantaviruses cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in euro-asia, and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) in north and south america. ... | 2007 | 17655929 |
| the cytoplasmic tails of uukuniemi virus (bunyaviridae) g(n) and g(c) glycoproteins are important for intracellular targeting and the budding of virus-like particles. | functional motifs within the cytoplasmic tails of the two glycoproteins g(n) and g(c) of uukuniemi virus (uuk) (bunyaviridae family) were identified with the help of our recently developed virus-like particle (vlp) system for uuk virus (a. k. overby, v. popov, e. p. neve, and r. f. pettersson, j. virol. 80:10428-10435, 2006). we previously reported that information necessary for the packaging of ribonucleoproteins into vlps is located within the g(n) cytoplasmic tail (a. k. overby, r. f. petters ... | 2007 | 17670814 |
| [transmission by feces of infected rodents. hantavirus illnesses are increasing]. | 2007 | 17672003 | |
| [the evaluation of viral load in patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) by real-time polymerase chain reaction]. | the system for real-time polymerase chain reaction was developed for detection of puumala virus rnaand quantitative analysis of viral rnaload in clinical samples. dynamics of viral load in blood samples from 12 patients with hfrs (from day 4 to day 17 of the disease) was studied. at day 4 viral rna load varied from 4 x 10(4) to 1 x 10(6) copies/ml. during the period of observation viral load decreased by 10 - 200 times and was not detected in majority of patients to day 11 - 15 of the disease. t ... | 2007 | 17672134 |
| seminiferous epithelium cycle of a hantavirus reservoir, the long-tailed mouse oligoryzomys flavescens (rodentia-cricetidae). | oligoryzomys flavescens, a common rodent of the temperate regions of south america, has been identified as a hantavirus reservoir. there is still little information concerning its reproductive biology, which is essential to devise effective control measurement of natural populations. this rodent is a seasonal breeder and adult males exhibit a short period of testicular regression during winter months (june-august). in the present study we provided a histological and ultrastructural analysis of t ... | 2007 | 17675200 |
| prevalence of anti-hantavirus antibodies in patients with hypertransaminemia in madrid (spain). | the hantaviruses are involved in a number of clinical syndromes of different severity and prognosis. hantaviruses are widely distributed around the world, but the spectrum of illnesses they cause outside recognized endemic areas is unclear. a retrospective analysis was performed to detect anti-hantavirus antibodies in the serum of patients with hypertransaminemia of unknown etiology and in that of healthy members of the general population of madrid (spain). antibodies were detected by indirect i ... | 2007 | 17690415 |
| seroepidemiological survey of rodents collected at a u.s. military installation, yongsan garrison, seoul, republic of korea. | a seroepidemiological study of selected rodent-borne diseases (hantavirus [seoul [seo] virus], scrub typhus [orientia tsutsugamushi], murine typhus [rickettsia typhi], and leptospirosis [leptospira interrogans]), as part of the u.s. military rodent surveillance and control program, was conducted from 2001 through 2005 at yongsan garrison, seoul, republic of korea. rodents were collected to determine the prevalence of rodent-borne diseases at a u.s. military installation in an urban environment. ... | 2007 | 17691691 |
| acute hantavirus infection or renal transplant rejection. | hantaviruses belong to the so-called emerging pathogens that are transmitted to humans by infected rodents and their excreta. in central europe, hantavirus infections usually occur in a mild to moderate form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. in contrast to the mostly benign or even asymptomatic course of hantavirus infections in previously healthy individuals, the acute hantavirus infection in kidney transplant recipients represents an exceptional situation regarding diagnosis and therap ... | 2007 | 17692069 |
| genetic properties of medium (m) and small (s) genomic rna segments of seoul hantavirus isolated from rattus norvegicus and antigenicity analysis of recombinant nucleocapsid protein. | a novel isolate of seoul (seo) hantaviruses was detected and identified in rattus norvegicus in shandong province, china and designated as jun5-14. the partial m segment and the coding region of nucleocapsid protein (np) in the s segment of jun5-14 were pcr-amplified and sequenced. nucleotide sequence analysis of the partial m segment (300 bp) revealed that jun5-14 isolate was closely related to former seo isolates in shandong (97.3-99.0% homology) and non-shandong seo viruses (84.1-97.7% homolo ... | 2007 | 16927115 |
| clinical and laboratory predictors of oliguric renal failure in haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by hantaan virus. | haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs), caused by hantavirus infection, develops into acute renal failure (arf) of variable degrees of severity. we investigated the early predictive markers for oliguric arf in hfrs patients. | 2007 | 16930718 |
| emerging and re-emerging viral infections in europe. | emerging viral infections are becoming a serious problem in europe in the recent years. this is particularly true for severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars), west nile virus (wnv) disease, toscana virus (tosv) disease, and potentially for avian influenza virus (h5n1). in contrast, emergence or re-emergence of severe viral infections, including tick borne encephalitis virus, and viral haemorrhagic fever caused by hantavirus and dengue virus have been frequently reported in several european coun ... | 2007 | 16944546 |
| puumala hantavirus in slovenia: analyses of s and m segment sequences recovered from patients and rodents. | in slovenia, the co-existence of dobrava and puumala (puuv) hantaviruses in a single endemic region has been demonstrated. this study presents selected slovenian hfrs cases caused by puuv combined with genetic analysis of viral genome sequences recovered from clinical specimens and tissue samples of clethrionomys glareolus (bank voles). serum samples from nine hfrs patients were included in the study. rodents study sites were selected with regard to the hfrs cases. partial s segment sequences we ... | 2007 | 16997412 |
| disease emergence in multi-host epidemic models. | most pathogens are capable of infecting multiple hosts. these multiple hosts provide many avenues for the disease to emerge. in this investigation, we formulate and analyse multi-host epidemic models and determine conditions under which the disease can emerge. in particular, sis and sir epidemic models are formulated for a pathogen that can infect n different hosts. the basic reproduction number is computed and shown to increase with n, the number of hosts that can be infected. therefore, the po ... | 2007 | 17012365 |
| hsp70 gene fused with hantavirus s segment dna significantly enhances the dna vaccine potency against hantaviral nucleocapsid protein in vivo. | heat shock proteins (hsps) have been shown to act as adjuvants when coadministered with peptide antigens or given as fusion proteins and enhance the vaccination efficiency. to evaluate the enhancement of the potency of hantaan virus (htnv) nucleocapsid protein (np) immunogenicity by heat shock protein 70 (hsp70), we developed a novel chimeric htnv s-hsp70 dna vaccine plasmid by genetically linking hsp70 gene to the full-length htnv s segment dna (htnv s dna). c57bl/6 mice were immunized with thi ... | 2007 | 16935395 |
| increased permeability of human endothelial cell line ea.hy926 induced by hantavirus-specific cytotoxic t lymphocytes. | hantavirus infection causes two human diseases, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. the typical feature of these diseases is increased permeability in microvascular beds in the kidneys and the lungs, respectively. the mechanism of capillary leakage, however, is not understood. some evidence suggests that hantavirus disease pathogenesis is immunologically mediated by cytotoxic t lymphocytes and other immune cells in target organs producing inflammatory cytokin ... | 2007 | 16979772 |
| serological evidence for borna disease virus infection in humans, wild rodents and other vertebrates in finland. | borna disease virus (bdv) can infect many vertebrate species, including humans. bdv infection may lead to meningoencephalomyelitis in animals. an association with human neuropsychiatric diseases has been reported, but the causal relationship between bdv and human disease remains unclear. | 2007 | 17129759 |
| rapid immunochromatographic test for hantavirus andes contrasted with capture-igm elisa for detection of andes-specific igm antibodies. | hantavirus is associated with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps). the clinical diagnosis of hantavirus infections has been confirmed routinely by the immunofluorescence antibody assay (ifa) or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). a rapid and easy diagnostic test for hantavirus infection is required. a new immunochromatographic assay for hantavirus, poc-puu, useful for the diagnosis of epidemic nephrophaty associated with hantavirus puumala ... | 2007 | 17133547 |
| cross-reactive immune responses in mice after genetic vaccination with cdna encoding hantavirus nucleocapsid proteins. | hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) in about 150,000 individuals in eurasia, and several hundred cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) on the american continent annually. there is consequently a need for rapid diagnostics and effective prevention of hantaviral infections. in this study we have performed dna-vaccination of mice with full-length genes encoding the immunogenic nucleocapsid protein (np) of puumala (puuv), seoul (seov) and sin nombre virus (snv). th ... | 2007 | 17110000 |
| andes hantavirus as possible cause of disease in travellers to south america. | hantaviruses in europe and asia cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and epidemic nephritis (mortality rate <1-15%). new strains of hantaviruses cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) from canada to south america. andes virus mortality rate is about 30% in chile. | 2007 | 17161316 |
| radiology of biological weapons--old and the new? | 2007 | 17174174 | |
| development of serological assays for thottapalayam virus, an insectivore-borne hantavirus. | thottapalayam virus (tpmv), a member of the genus hantavirus in the family bunyaviridae, was isolated from an insectivore, suncus murinus (musk shrew), captured in southern india in 1964. while the isolation of tpmv predates the discovery of the prototype hantaan virus, little is known about its genetics and biology. to date, preliminary evidence suggests that tpmv differs significantly, both antigenically and genetically, from all known rodent-borne hantaviruses. however, since detailed epizoot ... | 2007 | 17182762 |
| evaluation of the efficacy of disinfectants against puumala hantavirus by real-time rt-pcr. | puumala virus, a hantavirus belonging to the bunyaviridae family, causes a human disease known as nephropathia epidemica, a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. the implementation of effective decontamination procedures is critical in hantavirus research to minimize the risk of personnel exposure. this study investigated the efficacy of clidox((r)), dettol((r)), ethanol, halamid-d((r)), peracetic acid, sodium hypochloride and virkon((r))s for inactivating puumala virus. a real-tim ... | 2007 | 17188760 |
| andes and prospect hill hantaviruses differ in early induction of interferon although both can downregulate interferon signaling. | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) is a severe respiratory disease which is thought to result from a dysregulated immune response to infection with pathogenic hantaviruses, such as sin nombre virus or andes virus (andv). other new world hantaviruses, such as prospect hill virus (phv), have not been associated with human disease. activation of an antiviral state and cell signaling in response to hantavirus infection were examined using human primary lung endothelial cells, the main target cell i ... | 2007 | 17202220 |
| the coiled-coil domain structure of the sin nombre virus nucleocapsid protein. | hantaviruses can cause hemorrhagic fever with a renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome when transmitted to humans. the nucleocapsid protein of hantaviruses encapsidates viral genomic rna and associates with transcription and replication complexes. both the amino and carboxy termini of the nucleocapsid protein had been predicted to form trimers prior to the formation of the ribonucleoprotein. crystal structures of amino-terminal fragments of the nucleocapsid protein showed the formation ... | 2007 | 17222867 |
| computer-aided diagnosis with potential application to rapid detection of disease outbreaks. | our objectives are to quickly interpret symptoms of emergency patients to identify likely syndromes and to improve population-wide disease outbreak detection. we constructed a database of 248 syndromes, each syndrome having an estimated probability of producing any of 85 symptoms, with some two-way, three-way, and five-way probabilities reflecting correlations among symptoms. using these multi-way probabilities in conjunction with an iterative proportional fitting algorithm allows estimation of ... | 2007 | 17225213 |
| utilization of hantavirus antibody results generated over a five-year period to develop an improved serologic algorithm for detecting acute sin nombre hantavirus infection. | in the united states most cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) are caused by the sin nombre virus (snv) and are typically identified by serology. the goal of this study was to assess the performance of our hantavirus serologic testing algorithm by reviewing results generated over five years. sera were screened for pan-hantavirus immunoglobulin (ig)g and igm by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). screen igg+ sera were then tested by immunoblot for snv glycoprotein-specific igg, and ... | 2007 | 17245757 |
| ribavirin, human convalescent plasma and anti-beta3 integrin antibody inhibit infection by sin nombre virus in the deer mouse model. | the new world hantavirus sin nombre virus (snv) is an aetiological agent for the often-fatal hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (hcps). there is no disease model for snv and specific treatments for hcps do not exist. by using the deer mouse infectious model, the in vivo inhibitory potential of ribavirin, human anti-snv immune plasma (hip), an anti-beta3 antibody (reopro) and a polyclonal rabbit anti-recombinant nucleocapsid (n) antibody against snv was investigated. concurrent intraperitoneal a ... | 2007 | 17251568 |
| [virological surveillance on hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in hunan province in 2006]. | to understand the rate of viral carrying status among rodents as well as genotypes and distribution of hantaviruses (hv) isolated in hunan province. | 2007 | 18476580 |
| [study on the epidemiological characteristics of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in inner mongolia]. | in order to better understand the epidemiological features of hantviruses in inner mongolia. | 2007 | 18396665 |
| [detection the coinfection of hantavirus and orientia tsutsugamushi in primary cultured mite cells]. | to investigate whether hv and ot can coexist in their host (leptotrombidium scutellare). | 2007 | 18322585 |
| [development and evaluation of a double antigen sandwich elisa for the detection of total antibodies against hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome virus]. | to develop and evaluate a method for detection of the total antibodies against hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) virus with improved sensitivity and simplified operation procedure. | 2007 | 18322612 |
| thottapalayam virus, a prototype shrewborne hantavirus. | thottapalayam virus (tpmv) has been placed in the genus hantavirus of the family bunyaviridae by virtue of its morphologic features and overall genetic similarities to well-characterized rodentborne hantaviruses. this virus has been isolated from the asian house shrew (suncus murinus); however, whether tpmv is naturally harbored by an insectivore host or represents spillover from a rodent reservoir host is unknown. our analysis of published and unpublished data on the experimental host range, ge ... | 2007 | 18214168 |
| pathogenic hantaviruses elicit different immunoreactions in thp-1 cells and primary monocytes and induce differentiation of human monocytes to dendritic-like cells. | hantaviruses cause two important human illnesses, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps). both syndromes are believed to be immune-mediated diseases. monocytes/macrophages are thought to be the main target cells for hantaviruses and important sources of and targets for cytokines/chemokines secretion. thp-1 cells have been used extensively as models for primary monocytes in biocompatibility research. the aim of our study was to determine if hantavirus ... | 2007 | 18217475 |
| characterization of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by hantaviruses, estonia. | thirty cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) due to puumala virus (puuv), saaremaa virus (saav), and dobrava virus infection were confirmed in estonia. except for the levels of serum creatinine, no remarkable differences were found in the clinical course of hfrs caused by puuv and saav. | 2007 | 18217569 |
| newfound hantavirus in chinese mole shrew, vietnam. | sequence analysis of the full-length medium segment and the partial small and large segments of a hantavirus, detected by reverse transcription-pcr in lung tissues of the chinese mole shrew (anourosorex squamipes) captured in cao bang province, vietnam, in december 2006, indicated that it is genetically distinct from rodentborne hantaviruses. | 2007 | 18217572 |
| can modeling of fine-scale spatial patterns of environmental markers of zoonotic infections enhance disease prevention and clinical outcomes? | 2007 | 18165510 | |
| a spatial model of shared risk for plague and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the southwestern united states. | plague and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) are severe, often fatal diseases in humans that share a broad epidemiologic focus in the southwestern united states. prevention of these diseases relies heavily on education and reducing rodent abundance in peridomestic environments. resources for these activities are limited. therefore, identifying areas sharing elevated risk for these two relatively rare but severe diseases could be useful for targeting limited public health resources. using logis ... | 2007 | 18165511 |
| environmental conditions and puumala virus transmission in belgium. | non-vector-borne zoonoses such as puumala hantavirus (puuv) can be transmitted directly, by physical contact between infected and susceptible hosts, or indirectly, with the environment as an intermediate. the objective of this study is to better understand the causal link between environmental features and puuv prevalence in bank vole population in belgium, and hence with transmission risk to humans. our hypothesis was that environmental conditions controlling the direct and indirect transmissio ... | 2007 | 18078526 |
| [identification of a functional itam-like sequence within g1 cytoplasmic tail of hantaan virus]. | the g1 cytoplasmic tail of hantaan virus (htnv) harbors a highly conserved region, which is homologous to immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (itam) and is termed the itam-like sequence. to demonstrate the potential signal-transducing activity of g1 itam-like sequence resembling the canonical itam within immune and endothelial cells, a series of experiments were performed to define its interaction with cellular kinases. the synthesized g1 itam-like peptide was shown to coprecipitate ... | 2007 | 18092677 |
| [genetic susceptibility to andes hantavirus: association between severity of disease and hla alíeles in chilean patients]. | andes hantavirus (andv) infection in chile has a variable clinical expression, and infected individuals may present with different grades of disease severity. this study aimed to determine if clinical expression of andv infection in chilean patients is associated with the hla system. hla alíeles a, b, drb1 and dqb1, were studied in two groups of patients with confirmed andv infection: 41 patients with a mild disease course (without respiratory failure and cardiovascular shock) and 46 patients wi ... | 2007 | 17989838 |
| [hantavirus specific igg antibodies in population of zoologists and forest workers]. | serological diagnostic tests were introduced for detection of immunoresponse against to etiological agents of current infectious diseases. interpretation criteria for those tests should eliminate unspecific reactions, cross-reactivity with related viruses as well as traces amounts of immunological response against to the past infections. in the case of past hantaviruses infections for obtaining an adequate seroepidemiological data revalidation of this tests are required. in present studies puuma ... | 2007 | 18069384 |
| [the cross and unspecific reactions in serological examination for antibodies against hantavirus puumala]. | a serological survey of 78 zoologist capturing small wild rodents in their environment, 9 patients with suspected hantavirus infections and 21 patients with acute renal dysfunction for antibodies to hantaviruses was conducted in poland. survey was done by the indirect elisa with puumala and hantaan virus antigens. out of the 78 mammalogists 15 were seropositive for hantavirus puumala igg without history of clinical illness. analysis of relation between reactive zoologist's sera igg with antigens ... | 2007 | 18069385 |
| [occurrence of human hantavirus infections in poland]. | a spread of hantavirus infections causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is one of the rising epidemiological problems in the world. there is evidence that this type of viruses exists in almost all european countries. it is known that in poland all the species of wild rodents hosting european hantaviruses are present. however, the data on hantavirus are very limited and information on incidence and prevalence of hantavirus infections among humans and animals in our country is lacking. up ... | 2007 | 18069386 |
| [study on the recombinant expression of hantaan virus protein n and the establishment and application of rnp-igm direct capture elisa]. | to clone the gene encoding nucleocapsid protein (np) of hantavirus strain z10 (hv-z10), to construct its prokaryotic expression system as well as to establish a rnp-igm direct capture elisa based on hrp-labeled recombinant np (rnp), in order to detect serum samples of patients suffering from hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) and to evaluate the effects of detection. | 2007 | 18069562 |
| mode of infection of hokkaido virus (genus hantavirus) among grey red-backed voles, myodes rufocanus, in hokkaido, japan. | hokkaido virus (hokv) is a member of the genus hantavirus, in the family bunyaviridae. to investigate hokv infection in the host myodes rufocanus, the grey red-backed vole, 199 animals were captured at tobetsu (october 2004 and july 2005) and nakagawa (october 2004) in hokkaido, japan, for detection of antibody, antigen, and viral rna. in the surveys in tobetsu (2004) and nakagawa (2004), seropositive animals were detected at a frequency of 6.0% (5/84) and 10.4% (5/48), respectively. no seroposi ... | 2007 | 18037785 |
| [hantaviruses. infection numbers increase!]. | 2007 | 18062336 | |
| seewis virus, a genetically distinct hantavirus in the eurasian common shrew (sorex araneus). | more than 20 years ago, hantaviral antigens were reported in tissues of the eurasian common shrew (sorex araneus), eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens) and common mole (talpa europea), suggesting that insectivores, or soricomorphs, might serve as reservoirs of unique hantaviruses. using rt-pcr, sequences of a genetically distinct hantavirus, designated seewis virus (swsv), were amplified from lung tissue of a eurasian common shrew, captured in october 2006 in graubünden, switzerland. pair-wise ... | 2007 | 17967200 |
| brush mouse (peromyscus boylii) population dynamics and hantavirus infection during a warm, drought period in southern arizona. | we monitored limestone canyon hantavirus (lscv) antibody prevalence, host (brush mouse, peromyscus boylii) abundance, and environmental variables (temperature and rainfall) in brush mice captured on three trapping webs in southern arizona for 5 yr. although seasonal patterns were subtle, we observed large multiyear variation in population abundance and antibody prevalence. limestone canyon hantavirus infection in brush mouse populations varied over time with prevalence ranging from 0% to 33%. at ... | 2007 | 17984263 |
| cluster of cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in alberta, canada. | in may 2005, a cluster of four hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) cases was confirmed in alberta, canada. the cluster is unusual given that three cases were from a single family and involved a 7-year-old child. this is the first family cluster reported in canada and includes one of the youngest cases of hps reported in north america. | 2007 | 17984353 |
| case report of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and review. | a previously healthy 29-year-old male presented to the emergency department with pleuritic chest pain, nonproductive cough, and dyspnea. he was treated empirically for community acquired pneumonia and discharged to home. two days later, the patient presented with respiratory distress along with neutrophilia, thrombocytopenia, elevated liver function tests, and hemoconcentration. radiographs of his chest showed bilateral lung infiltrates and pleural effusions. he was admitted to the hospital and ... | 2007 | 17694939 |
| ocular features of hantavirus infection. | hantavirus infections are an emerging infectious disease that is beginning to be recognized both worldwide and in india as a cause of hemorrhagic fever that may present as a pulmonary syndrome or as a renal syndrome. reports of ocular involvement are rare and include transient myopia, low intraocular pressure, conjunctival hemorrhages and changes of intraocular dimensions. eleven patients (10 males, one female, mean age 37.6 years) were admitted to the intensive care unit for pyrexia of unknown ... | 2007 | 17699950 |