Detection of Human Hantavirus Infections in Lithuania

Abstract

In Lithuania at least two hantaviruses, DOBV and PUUV, circulate and cause human infections. Additional investigations are needed to study the seroprevalence more precisely and to search for clinical cases of hantavirus infections.

Hantavirus infection: a global zoonotic challenge

“…Some countries, such as Greece and Hungary, have a high seroprevalence of hantavirus among healthy residents. Hantavirus antibodies have also been detected through sero-epidemiological surveys in Italy (Kallio-Kokko et al, 2006), Lithuania (Sandmann et al, 2005), and Spain (Lledo et al, 2003b). However, no clinical cases have been diagnosed in these countries.…”

Hantavirus Infection: A Case Report From India

“…The individual type is not species dependent but depends on the immunologic conditions of the host. [1] Pulmonary aspergilloma (intra-cavitatory mycetoma or fungal ball) is an aspergillus infection in patients with pre-existing cystic or cavitatory lung disease. The fungus grows non-invasively as a saprobe within a pre-existing cavity.…”

“…[4][5][6] Chest radiograph in aspergilloma usually shows a cavitatory lesion. [1][2][3][4][5][6] The most common clinical presentation in aspergilloma is haemoptysis, dyspnea, with or without fever, chest pain and weight loss. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Here, we report a case of aspergilloma of the lung, where the patient showed a rare acute presentation of spontaneous pneumothorax and emphysema along with history of dyspnea and haemoptysis.…”

“…[1] HFRS refers to a group of clinically similar illnesses accompanied with renal dysfunction and caused by Hantaan virus (HTNV), Seoul virus (SEOV), Dobrava virus(DOBV) and Thailand virus(THAIV) [2] Although hantaviruses have a widespread geographical distribution, no hantavirus case has been reported from India, which is the place of origin of the Thottapalayam virus (TPMV), one of the most divergent hantaviruses. vol.…”

Seroepidemiological study in a Puumala virus outbreak area in South-East Germany

“…This hantavirus species is transmitted to humans mainly through persistently infected bank voles (Myodes glareolus, previously Clethrionomys glareolus). Following the distribution of the reservoir host in almost all of Europe, human PUUV infections have been described in various European countries (for reviews see [27,33]). PUUV infections in humans may induce a milder form of the haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, designated nephropathia epidemica (NE).…”