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Tula hantavirus infection in a hospitalised patient, France, June 2015
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsJean-Marc Reynesjean-marc.reynes pasteur.fr
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Citation style for this article: . Tula hantavirus infection in a hospitalised patient, France, June 2015. Euro Surveill. 2015;20(50):pii=30095. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.50.30095 Received: 30 Nov 2015; Accepted: 17 Dec 2015
Abstract
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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