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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1322-1325, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1322-1325.2004
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First Molecular Identification of Human Dobrava Virus Infection in Central Europe

Institute of Virology, University Hospital Charité, D-10098 Berlin,¹ Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany,³ Institute of Virology,² Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-84206 Bratislava, Slovakia³

Received 4 September 2003/ Returned for modification 9 November 2003/ Accepted 14 December 2003

Viral RNA was amplified by reverse transcription-PCR from a patient suffering from hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Germany. The virus strain could be assigned to the Dobrava hantavirus (DOBV). This is the first molecular identification of human infection by DOBV in central Europe and the first proof that a virus strain related to the DOBV-Aa lineage, carried by Apodemus agrarius rodents, is able to cause HFRS.

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