Thrombocytopenia and Acute Renal Failure in Puumala Hantavirus Infections

Thrombocytopenia and Acute Renal Failure in Puumala Hantavirus Infections

Nephropathia epidemica, caused by Puumala virus (PUUV) infection, is a form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome of variable severity. Early prognostic markers for the severity of renal failure have not been established. We evaluated clinical and laboratory parameters of 15 consecutive patients...

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Main Authors: Franz Maximilian Rasche, Boris Uhel, Rainer G. Ulrich, Detlev H. Krüger, Wolfram Karges, David Czock, Walter Hampl, Frieder Keller, Helga Meisel, Lutz von Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
acute renal failure
hemodialysis
hantavirus
nephropathia epidemica
Puumala virus
thrombocytopenia, research
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/8/03-1069_article

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