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PRO/AH/EDR> Hantavirus – Europe (05): Albania, comment

Hantavirus -- AlbaniaThis is just to clarify about the HFRS [hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome] cases in Albania. None of them was diagnosed as Dobrava with PCR for Dobrava serotype [virus]. Both cases were IgM and IgG positive for hantaviruses with ELISA. The case coming from Macedonia was doing seasonal work in a Macedonian village. Spas are near Debar in Macedonia and very near to the Albanian border and [the patient] had no contacts with the cases recently diagnosed in Macedonia Read more [...]