Abstract
Hantavirus Outbreak, Germany, 2007
Highlights
Dr Yu is director of the Tuberculosis Center at Taipei Medical UniversityWan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
The few previously known human Puumala virus (PUUV) sequences from individual clinical case-patients in Germany, “Berkel” from Munsterland [7] and “Heidelberg” from a region located between Swabian Jura and Spessart Forest [8], as well as human-derived strains from a small 2004 outbreak in the Bavarian Forest [6], were included in this analysis
The results showed a clustering of the new viral sequences strictly according to residential areas of the patients, forming the following 4 clades: Swabian Jura (SJ), Spessart Forest (SF), Munsterland (ML), and Bavarian Forest (BF)
Summary
Dr Yu is director of the Tuberculosis Center at Taipei Medical UniversityWan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDRTB): recommendations for prevention and control. Address for correspondence: Ruwen Jou, Reference Laboratory of Mycobacteriology, Center for Research and Diagnostics, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health, 161 Kun-Yang St, Nan-Kang, Taipei, 115, Taiwan, Republic of China; email: rwj@cdc.gov.tw
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