Tula hantavirus infection in immunocompromised host, Czech Republic

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Nov;19(11):1873-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1911.130421.

Abstract

We report molecular evidence of Tula hantavirus as an etiologic agent of pulmonary-renal syndrome in an immunocompromised patient. Acute hantavirus infection was confirmed by using serologic and molecular methods. Sequencing revealed Tula virus genome RNA in the patient's blood. This case shows that Tula virus can cause serious disease in humans.

Keywords: Tula virus; hantavirus; hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; immunocompromised host; viruses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology
  • Czech Republic
  • Genome, Viral
  • Glomerulonephritis / diagnosis*
  • Hantavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Orthohantavirus / classification*
  • Orthohantavirus / genetics*
  • Orthohantavirus / immunology
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • RNA, Viral

Supplementary concepts

  • Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with pulmonary hemorrhage

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KC494908
  • GENBANK/KC522413