Immune parameters in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome during the incubation and acute disease: case report

• Published in: Croatian medical journal Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 587 - 590
• Main Authors: Markotić, Alemka, Gagro, Alenka, Dasić, Gorana, Kuzman, Ilija, Lukas, Davorka, Nichol, Stuart, Ksiazek, Thomas G, Sabioncello, Ante, Rode, Oktavija, Rabatić, Sabina, Dekaris, Dragan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Croatia 01.10.2002
• Subjects: Adult; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome - diagnosis; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome - immunology; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome - virology; Humans; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Lymphocyte Activation; Male; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Puumala virus; Receptors, Interleukin-2 - blood; Receptors, Interleukin-6 - blood

We describe immune parameters in a Croatian soldier who presented with mild flu-like symptoms and interstitial inflammatory infiltrate in the lungs on an X-ray during the incubation phase of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) IgM and polymerase ch...