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Trial reportPloS one2014

Detection of Puumala hantavirus antigen in human intestine during acute hantavirus infection.

Joerg Latus, Klara Tenner-Racz, Paul Racz, Daniel Kitterer, Daniel Cadar, German Ott, M Dominik Alscher, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Niko Braun

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Trial report in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Acute Appendicitis Associated with Hantaan Virus Infection.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021
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  6. Orthohantavirus Pathogenesis and Cell Tropism.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joerg LatusDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, Stuttgart, Germany.
Klara Tenner-RaczBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemmorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, Hamburg, Germany.
Paul RaczBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemmorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, Hamburg, Germany.
Daniel KittererDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, Stuttgart, Germany.
Daniel CadarBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemmorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, Hamburg, Germany.
German OttDepartment of Diagnostic Medicine, Division of Pathology, Robert-Bosch Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, Stuttgart, Germany.
M Dominik AlscherDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, Stuttgart, Germany.
Jonas Schmidt-ChanasitBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemmorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, Hamburg, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Luebeck-Borstel, Hamburg, Germany.
Niko BraunDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch Hospital, Auerbachstrasse 110, Stuttgart, Germany.
Robert Bosch Hospital · DEBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · DEGerman Center for Infection Research · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPuumala virus (PUUV) is the most important hantavirus species in Central Europe. Nephropathia epidemica (NE), caused by PUUV, is characterized by acute renal injury (AKI) with thrombocytopenia and frequently gastrointestinal symptoms.

methods456 patients with serologically and clinically confirmed NE were investigated at time of follow-up in a single clinic. The course of the NE was investigated using medical reports. We identified patients who had endoscopy with intestinal biopsy during acute phase of NE. Histopathological, immunohistochemical and molecular analyses of the biopsies were performed.

resultsThirteen patients underwent colonoscopy or gastroscopy for abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting during acute phase of NE. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) revealed PUUV nucleocapsid antigen in 11 biopsies from 8 patients; 14 biopsies from 5 patients were negative for PUUV nucleocapsid antigen. IHC localized PUUV nucleocapsid antigen in endothelial cells of capillaries or larger vessels in the lamina propria. Rate of AKI was not higher and severity of AKI was not different in the PUUV-positive compared to the PUUV-negative group. All IHC positive biopsies were positive for PUUV RNA using RT-PCR. Phylogenetic reconstruction revealed clustering of all PUUV strains from this study with viruses previously detected from the South-West of Germany. Long-term outcome was favorable in both groups.

conclusionsIn patients with NE, PUUV nucleocapsid antigen and PUUV RNA was detected frequently in the intestine. This finding could explain frequent GI-symptoms in NE patients, thus demonstration of a more generalized PUUV infection. The RT-PCR was an effective and sensitive method to detect PUUV RNA in FFPE tissues. Therefore, it can be used as a diagnostic and phylogenetic approach also for archival materials. AKI was not more often present in patients with PUUV-positive IHC. This last finding should be investigated in larger numbers of patients with PUUV infection.

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Acute DiseaseAdultAgedAntigens, ViralBiopsyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGermanyHemorrhagic Fever with Renal SyndromeHumansIntestinesMaleMiddle AgedNucleocapsidPuumala virusReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionAntigens, ViralRNA, Viral

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PMID24857988
PMCPMC4032337
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