Dobrava virus: a mortal agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

Selçuk Kaya

doi:10.3855/jidc.3527

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Highlights

The majority of Hantavirus infections in the world appear in the form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)
Since the disease involves clinical and laboratory findings such as fever, muscle-joint pain, headache, lethargy, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure, careful differential diagnosis is needed to exclude infectious diseases, such as Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), the virus which is a member of Bunyaviridae, leptospirosis and noninfectious diseases like hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and malignities [7]
In our study, performed with that purpose, we investigated whether Hantavirus infections can be predicted during the first application stage, before definitive diagnosis has been established [7]

Summary

Introduction

The majority of Hantavirus infections in the world appear in the form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Since the disease involves clinical and laboratory findings such as fever, muscle-joint pain, headache, lethargy, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure, careful differential diagnosis is needed to exclude infectious diseases, such as Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), the virus which is a member of Bunyaviridae, leptospirosis and noninfectious diseases like hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and malignities [7]. CCHF patients do not undergo renal failure, except in rare cases, and this is important when performing differential diagnosis of Hantavirus infections [8]. This is because early and accurate diagnosis can prevent prognosis taking a negative direction through the provision of requisite support treatments, by identifying patients in the early stages.

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