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2895579

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
A nationwide survey of hospitalized, serologically verified adult nephropathia epidemica cases in Sweden from 1978 to 1981 was performed. Serum was collected from 1,063 patients with a diagnosis of nephropathia epidemica or one of 10 other renal diseases with related symptoms. Sera were analyzed by indirect immunofluorescence technique for the presence of immunoglobulin G antibodies to Hantaan virus, causative agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever that cross-reacts with the nephropathia epidemica agent. Antibodies were present in 368 patients, 355 of whom also fulfilled four or more of six criteria for clinical diagnosis of nephropathia epidemica. The male:female ratio was 2.7:1. The total number of cases in Sweden varied between 26 and 144 per year, which coincided with the fluctuations in small rodent populations. The highest incidence was found in Västerbotten County, with a maximum crude incidence rate of 23.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year. Mean crude incidence in Sweden during the study period was 1.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year. The southernmost cases lived in proximity to the 59th parallel. Thus, nephropathia epidemica was found to be prevalent south of the 60th parallel, which was previously assumed to be its southern boundary.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
127
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
801-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Incidence and geographic distribution of serologically verified cases of nephropathia epidemica in Sweden.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Infectious Diseases, U. of Umeå, Umeå U. Hospital, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't