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18464294

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-25
pubmed:abstractText
Hantaviruses are carried by rodents and insectivores in which they cause persistent and generally asymptomatic infections. Several hantaviruses can infect humans and many of them cause either haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia or hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in the Americas. In humans hantavirus infections are diagnosed using IgM-capture tests but also by RT-PCR detection of viral RNA. For detection of hantavirus infections in rodents and insectivores, serology followed by immunoblotting of, for example, lung tissue, and RT-PCR detection of viral RNA may be used, and if of interest followed by sequencing and virus isolation. For sero/genotyping of hantavirus infections in humans and carrier animals neutralisation tests/RNA sequencing are required. Hantaviruses are prime examples of emerging and re-emerging infections and it seems likely that many new hantaviruses will be detected in the near future.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1052-9276
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-88
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
How to diagnose hantavirus infections and detect them in rodents and insectivores.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland. antti.vaheri@helsinki.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't