Puumala Virus Infection in Family, Switzerland

Puumala Virus Infection in Family, Switzerland

We report 3 cases of Puumala virus infection in a family in Switzerland in January 2019. Clinical manifestations of the infection ranged from mild influenza-like illness to fatal disease. This cluster illustrates the wide range of clinical manifestations of Old World hantavirus infections and the ch...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2021-02, Vol.27 (2), p.658-660
Hauptverfasser: Vetter, Pauline, L'Huillier, Arnaud G, Montalbano, Maria F, Pigny, Fiona, Eckerle, Isabella, Torriani, Giulia, Rothenberger, Sylvia, Laubscher, Florian, Cordey, Samuel, Kaiser, Laurent, Schibler, Manuel
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Sprache:eng
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Care and treatment
Case studies
Cytokine storm
Diagnosis
Epidemics
Familial diseases
Fatalities
Fever
Glycoproteins
Hantavirus infections
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
hantaviruses
Hospitals
Illnesses
Infections
Infectious diseases
Influenza
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
multiple organ failure
neutralization test
Patients
Puumala virus
Puumala Virus Infection in Family, Switzerland
Research Letter
Thrombocytopenia
Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:We report 3 cases of Puumala virus infection in a family in Switzerland in January 2019. Clinical manifestations of the infection ranged from mild influenza-like illness to fatal disease. This cluster illustrates the wide range of clinical manifestations of Old World hantavirus infections and the challenge of diagnosing travel-related hemorrhagic fevers.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2702.203770