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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan;26(1):150-153.
doi: 10.3201/eid2601.181685. Epub 2020 Jan 17.

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Traveler Returning from Nepal to Spain

Elena Sulleiro, Maria Luisa Aznar, Núria Serre-Delcor, Fernando Salvador, Adrian Sanchez-Montalvá, Mateu Espasa, Daniel Molina, Fernando de Ory, M Paz Sanchez-Seco, Israel Molina, Candido Diaz-Lagares, Miguel J Martinez, Tomàs Pumarola, Inés Oliveira
Case Reports

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Traveler Returning from Nepal to Spain

Elena Sulleiro et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

Most human hantavirus infections occur in Asia, but some cases have been described in Europe in travelers returning from Asia. We describe a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a previously healthy traveler occurring shortly after he returned to Spain from Nepal. Serologic tests suggested a Puumala virus-like infection.

Keywords: American sigmodontine hantaviruses; European arvicoline hantaviruses; India; Nepal; Spain; Sri Lanka; cardiopulmonary syndrome; hantavirus; respiratory infections; traveler; viruses; zoonoses.

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