Hantavirus infection: a case report from India.

Abstract

The clinical presentation of hantavirus infections in India is unclear. We report here a case of hantavirus infection in a 46 year old quarry worker presenting with fever, abdominal pain, jaundice, thrombocytopenia and renal dysfunction. Seroconversion and rising anti-hantavirus IgG titers were taken as evidence of hantavirus infection. Clinicians should consider hantavirus infections in the differential diagnosis of acute febrile illness along with scrub typhus, leptospirosis and dengue.

• Authors: S Chandy, H Boorugu, A Chrispal, K Thomas, P Abraham, G Sridharan
• Journal: Indian journal of medical microbiology (Indian J Med Microbiol) 2009 Jul-Sep Vol. 27 Issue 3 Pg. 267-70 ISSN: 1998-3646 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19584514 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antibodies, Viral
• Immunoglobulin G

Topics

• Antibodies, Viral (blood)
• Orthohantavirus (isolation & purification)
• Hantavirus Infections (diagnosis, pathology, physiopathology)
• Humans
• Immunoglobulin G (blood)
• India
• Male
• Middle Aged