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We report an infection with Tula virus in June 2015, leading to hospitalisation, in a patient living approximately 60 km east of Paris with no previous remarkable medical history. Clinical symptoms were limited to a fever syndrome with severe headache. The main laboratory findings included thrombocytopenia and elevated transaminase levels. Based on S (small) gene sequence analysis, the strain affecting the patient was closely related to strains detected in Central Europe, especially to a south-east German strain.

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Tula hantavirus infection in a hospitalised patient, France, June 2015
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Jean+Marc+Reynes&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Reynes Jean Marc</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Damien+Carli&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Carli Damien</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nourredine+Boukezia&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Boukezia Nourredine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Monique+Debruyne&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Debruyne Monique</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Samir+Herti&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Herti Samir</a></span>. Tula hantavirus infection in a hospitalised patient, France, June 2015. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2015;20(50):pii=30095. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.50.30095" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.50.30095</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 30 Nov 2015;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 17 Dec 2015 </span> </p>
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