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Vaheri A, Smura T, Vauhkonen H, Hepojoki J, Sironen T, Strandin T, Tietäväinen J, Outinen T, Mäkelä S, Pörsti I, Mustonen J. Puumala Hantavirus Infections Show Extensive Variation in Clinical Outcome. Viruses 2023; 15:v15030805. [PMID: 36992513 PMCID: PMC10054505 DOI: 10.3390/v15030805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
Abstract
The clinical outcome of Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) infection shows extensive variation, ranging from inapparent subclinical infection (70-80%) to severe hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), with about 0.1% of cases being fatal. Most hospitalized patients experience acute kidney injury (AKI), histologically known as acute hemorrhagic tubulointerstitial nephritis. Why this variation? There is no evidence that there would be more virulent and less virulent variants infecting humans, although this has not been extensively studied. Individuals with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles B*08 and DRB1*0301 are likely to have a severe form of the PUUV infection, and those with B*27 are likely to have a benign clinical course. Other genetic factors, related to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) gene and the C4A component of the complement system, may be involved. Various autoimmune phenomena and Epstein-Barr virus infection are associated with PUUV infection, but hantavirus-neutralizing antibodies are not associated with lower disease severity in PUUV HFRS. Wide individual differences occur in ocular and central nervous system (CNS) manifestations and in the long-term consequences of nephropathia epidemica (NE). Numerous biomarkers have been detected, and some are clinically used to assess and predict the severity of PUUV infection. A new addition is the plasma glucose concentration associated with the severity of both capillary leakage, thrombocytopenia, inflammation, and AKI in PUUV infection. Our question, "Why this variation?" remains largely unanswered.
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- Antti Vaheri
- Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland
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Mustonen J, Vaheri A, Pörsti I, Mäkelä S. Long-Term Consequences of Puumala Hantavirus Infection. Viruses 2022; 14:v14030598. [PMID: 35337005 PMCID: PMC8953343 DOI: 10.3390/v14030598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Several viral infections are associated with acute and long-term complications. During the past two years, there have been many reports on post-infectious symptoms of the patients suffering from COVID-19 disease. Serious complications occasionally occur during the acute phase of Puumala orthohantavirus caused nephropathia epidemica. Severe long-term consequences are rare. Fatigue for several weeks is quite common. Hormonal insufficiencies should be excluded if the patient does not recover normally.
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- Jukka Mustonen
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland;
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland;
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland;
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland;
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Koehler FC, Di Cristanziano V, Späth MR, Hoyer-Allo KJR, Wanken M, Müller RU, Burst V. OUP accepted manuscript. Clin Kidney J 2022; 15:1231-1252. [PMID: 35756741 PMCID: PMC9217627 DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfac008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Hantavirus-induced diseases are emerging zoonoses with endemic appearances and frequent outbreaks in different parts of the world. In humans, hantaviral pathology is characterized by the disruption of the endothelial cell barrier followed by increased capillary permeability, thrombocytopenia due to platelet activation/depletion and an overactive immune response. Genetic vulnerability due to certain human leukocyte antigen haplotypes is associated with disease severity. Typically, two different hantavirus-caused clinical syndromes have been reported: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS). The primarily affected vascular beds differ in these two entities: renal medullary capillaries in HFRS caused by Old World hantaviruses and pulmonary capillaries in HCPS caused by New World hantaviruses. Disease severity in HFRS ranges from mild, e.g. Puumala virus-associated nephropathia epidemica, to moderate, e.g. Hantaan or Dobrava virus infections. HCPS leads to a severe acute respiratory distress syndrome with high mortality rates. Due to novel insights into organ tropism, hantavirus-associated pathophysiology and overlapping clinical features, HFRS and HCPS are believed to be interconnected syndromes frequently involving the kidneys. As there are no specific antiviral treatments or vaccines approved in Europe or the USA, only preventive measures and public awareness may minimize the risk of hantavirus infection. Treatment remains primarily supportive and, depending on disease severity, more invasive measures (e.g., renal replacement therapy, mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) are needed.
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- Felix C Koehler
- Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- CECAD, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- CECAD, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- CECAD, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- CECAD, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Vaheri A, Henttonen H, Mustonen J. Hantavirus Research in Finland: Highlights and Perspectives. Viruses 2021; 13:v13081452. [PMID: 34452318 PMCID: PMC8402838 DOI: 10.3390/v13081452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Finland has the highest incidence of hantavirus infections globally, with a significant impact on public health. The large coverage of boreal forests and the cyclic dynamics of the dominant forest rodent species, the bank vole Myodes glareolus, explain most of this. We review the relationships between Puumala hantavirus (PUUV), its host rodent, and the hantavirus disease, nephropathia epidemica (NE), in Finland. We describe the history of NE and its diagnostic research in Finland, the seasonal and multiannual cyclic dynamics of PUUV in bank voles impacting human epidemiology, and we compare our northern epidemiological patterns with those in temperate Europe. The long survival of PUUV outside the host and the life-long shedding of PUUV by the bank voles are highlighted. In humans, the infection has unique features in pathobiology but rarely long-term consequences. NE is affected by specific host genetics and risk behavior (smoking), and certain biomarkers can predict the outcome. Unlike many other hantaviruses, PUUV causes a relatively mild disease and is rarely fatal. Reinfections do not exist. Antiviral therapy is complicated by the fact that when symptoms appear, the patient already has a generalized infection. Blocking vascular leakage measures counteracting pathobiology, offer a real therapeutic approach.
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- Antti Vaheri
- Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +358-505552884
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- Wildlife Ecology, Natural Resources Institute Finland, 00790 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33520 Tampere, Finland;
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland
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Lupuşoru G, Lupuşoru M, Ailincăi I, Bernea L, Berechet A, Spătaru R, Ismail G. Hanta hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: A pathology in whose diagnosis kidney biopsy plays a major role (Review). Exp Ther Med 2021; 22:984. [PMID: 34345266 PMCID: PMC8311249 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2021.10416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Hantavirus infection belongs to a group of zoonoses rare in the Balkan Peninsula, causing two major syndromes, depending on the viral serotype involved: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) also known as endemic nephropathy and cardiopulmonary syndrome (CPS). Because there is no specific treatment or vaccine for this condition approved in the USA or Europe, the key to minimizing the risk of adverse progression to chronic kidney disease, secondary hypertension or even death is primarily the recognition and early diagnosis of this condition with prompt therapeutic intervention. The aim of this study was to review the literature data on the epidemiology, pathogenesis and management of this disease and to identify several aspects related to the difficulties encountered in diagnosing this pathology, taking into consideration that the disease is not endemic in this geographical area.
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- Gabriela Lupuşoru
- Department of Nephrology, 'Fundeni' Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania.,Department of Uronephrology, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Physiology I, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Nephrology, 'Fundeni' Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Nephrology, 'Fundeni' Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Nephrology, 'Fundeni' Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Nephrology, 'Fundeni' Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania.,Department of Uronephrology, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
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Vetter P, L'Huillier AG, Montalbano MF, Pigny F, Eckerle I, Torriani G, Rothenberger S, Laubscher F, Cordey S, Kaiser L, Schibler M. Puumala Virus Infection in Family, Switzerland. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 27:658-660. [PMID: 33496646 PMCID: PMC7853570 DOI: 10.3201/eid2702.203770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We report 3 cases of Puumala virus infection in a family in Switzerland in January 2019. Clinical manifestations of the infection ranged from mild influenza-like illness to fatal disease. This cluster illustrates the wide range of clinical manifestations of Old World hantavirus infections and the challenge of diagnosing travel-related hemorrhagic fevers.
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Dzagurova TK, Ishmukhametov AA, Bakhtina VA, Morozov VG, Balovneva МV, Kurashova SS, Klempa B, Kruger D, Tkachenko EA. [Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome group outbreak caused by Sochi virus.]. Vopr Virusol 2020; 64:36-41. [PMID: 30893528 DOI: 10.18821/0507-4088-2019-64-1-36-41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) occupies a leading place among natural focal human diseases in the Russian Federation. Sporadic incidence of HFRS-Sochi has been annually recorded in the Krasnodar Territory since 2000. The group outbreak of the HFRS-Sochi was first registered in Gelendzhik in the fall of 2013. METHODS Serological methods were used: indirect immunofluorescence, enzyme immunoassay, FRNT in Vero cells, and methods for the viral RNA detection: PCR and RT-PCR. RESULTS Data of clinical, epidemiological, immunological and molecular studies of 3 out of 4 cases in HFRS-Sochi outbreak are presented. Severity of the disease correlated with early gastrointestinal disorders appearance. Patient MA gastrointestinal disorders were joined on day 3 of a fever. Clinical and laboratory studies revealed signs of kidneys, liver, pancreas damage, bilateral hydrothorax, bilateral polysegmental pneumonia and polyneuropathy. As a result of long-term treatment, the patient recovered. Patient AA had gastrointestinal disturbances the next day after fever onset. The patient was not saved, despite early hospitalization. Hantavirus antigen and RNA were detected in the lung tissues 2 out of 10 Black-Sea field mice captured in the affected area, as well as in the organs of deceased patient. The most severe clinical course of the disease in close relatives, son and father, with a fatal outcome in the latter case may be the result of genetic features. The severity and outcome of the disease was not depend on day of hospitalization and correlated with the early manifestations of gastrointestinal disorders. CONCLUSIONS Presented data confirm high virulence and pantropism of the Sochi virus, as well as the epidemiological role of Black-Sea field mouse (Apodemus ponticus) as the host of the Sochi virus and the source of human infection.
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- T K Dzagurova
- Chumakov federal scientific center for research and development of immune-and-biological products of Russian academy of sciences, 108819, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Chumakov federal scientific center for research and development of immune-and-biological products of Russian academy of sciences, 108819, Moscow, Russian Federation.,1th Moscow State medical university named by I.M. Sechenov, 119435, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Specialized clinical infectious hospital, 350015, Krasnodar, Russian Federation
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- Medical Company «Gepatolog», 443063, Samara, Russian Federation
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- Chumakov federal scientific center for research and development of immune-and-biological products of Russian academy of sciences, 108819, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Chumakov federal scientific center for research and development of immune-and-biological products of Russian academy of sciences, 108819, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Biomedical Research Center Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84505, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Virology, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, D-10098, Berlin, Germany
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- Chumakov federal scientific center for research and development of immune-and-biological products of Russian academy of sciences, 108819, Moscow, Russian Federation.,1th Moscow State medical university named by I.M. Sechenov, 119435, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Since the discovery of HLA 60 years ago, it has contributed to the understanding of the immune system as well as of the pathogenesis of several diseases. Aside from its essential role in determining donor-recipient immune compatibility in organ transplantation, HLA genotyping is meanwhile performed routinely as part of the diagnostic work-up of certain autoimmune diseases. Considering the ability of HLA to influence thymic selection as well as peripheral anergy of T cells, its role in the pathogenesis of autoimmunity is understandable. The aim of this paper is to provide a brief overview of the role and current clinical relevance of HLA-B27 in spondyloarthritis and HLA-B51 in Behçet's disease as well as HLA-DQ2/DQ8 in celiac disease and HLA-DRB1 in rheumatoid arthritis and to discuss possible future implications.
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- Gergely Bodis
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital, Mainz, Germany.,Institut für Medizinische Diagnostik GmbH, Bioscientia Labor Ingelheim, Ingelheim Am Rhein, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital, Mainz, Germany.,Institut für Medizinische Diagnostik GmbH, Bioscientia Labor Ingelheim, Ingelheim Am Rhein, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital, Mainz, Germany. .,ACURA Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
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The aim of this review is to provide a brief overview of the role and current clinical relevance of HLA-B27 in spondyloarthritis and HLA-B51 in Behcet's disease as well as HLA-DQ2/DQ8 in celiac disease and HLA-DRB1 in rheumatoid arthritis and to discuss possible future implications.
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- Gergely Bodis
- Bioscientia Institut für Medizinische Diagnostik GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany
- Acura Rheumatology Center Rhineland Palatine, Bad Kreuznach, Germany
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- Bioscientia Institut für Medizinische Diagnostik GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany
- Acura Rheumatology Center Rhineland Palatine, Bad Kreuznach, Germany
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- Acura Rheumatology Center Rhineland Palatine, Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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Koivula TT, Tuulasvaara A, Hetemäki I, Hurme M, Mäkelä S, Mustonen J, Vaheri A, Arstila TP. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity is associated with regulatory T cell response in acute Puumala hantavirus infection. Pathog Dis 2017; 75:ftw114. [PMID: 28057727 DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftw114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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High indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) activity is associated with clinically severe acute infection caused by Puumala hantavirus. The immunoregulatory effects of IDO can be mediated either through metabolic control of effector T cells, caused by depletion of the essential amino acid tryptophan, or intercellular signaling and activation of regulatory T cell responses. Here, we have studied 24 patients with acute Puumala hantavirus infection to distinguish between these possibilities. Maximum IDO activity showed a significant positive correlation with FOXP3 expression levels in regulatory T cells, a quantitative surrogate marker for suppressive capability. In contrast, IDO activity did not correlate with the frequency of CD8+ effector cells in cell cycle. The data suggest that in Puumala infection, the mechanism responsible for the suppressive effect of IDO is not metabolic control of effector cells but rather the signaling mediated by tryptophan breakdown products, such as kynurenine.
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- Tuisku-Tuulia Koivula
- Department of Immunology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Immunology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Immunology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, 33014 Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, 33014 Tampere, Finland.,Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33014, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tampere, 33014 Tampere, Finland.,Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, 33014, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Immunology, Medicum, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland .,Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, University of Helsinki, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
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Mustonen J, Outinen T, Laine O, Pörsti I, Vaheri A, Mäkelä S. Kidney disease in Puumala hantavirus infection. Infect Dis (Lond) 2017; 49:321-332. [PMID: 28049381 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2016.1274421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) remains a predominant clinical expression of nephropathia epidemica (NE). Its pathogenesis is not yet fully understood. Here, we describe the tissue injury comprehensively and present new data aimed to characterize the injury and explain its pathophysiology. When compared to tubulointerstitial nephritis of a wide variety of other aetiologies, a high degree of proteinuria is a distinguished trait of NE, a finding that is also helpful in the clinical suspicion of the disease. Recently, novel biomarkers for the prediction of severe AKI, including neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), have been identified and ultrastructural tissue changes have been more accurately described. A role for soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator (suPAR) in the pathogenesis of NE has been suggested, and data on gene polymorphisms, in relation to the severity of AKI have been presented. Smoking is a risk factor for NE and smoking is also associated with aggravated AKI in NE. Although no specific treatment is in sight, recent case reports concerning therapy directed against vascular permeability and vasodilation are of interest. In fact, future work trying to explain the pathophysiology of AKI might need concentrated efforts towards the mechanisms of increased vascular permeability and vasodilatation, which irrespective of organ manifestation, are two major determinants of NE.
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- Jukka Mustonen
- a Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland.,b Department of Internal Medicine , Tampere University Hospital , Tampere , Finland
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- a Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland
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- a Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland.,b Department of Internal Medicine , Tampere University Hospital , Tampere , Finland
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- a Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland.,b Department of Internal Medicine , Tampere University Hospital , Tampere , Finland
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- c Department of Virology, Medicum , University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland
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- a Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland.,b Department of Internal Medicine , Tampere University Hospital , Tampere , Finland
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Maness NJ. The Importance of Understanding MHC-I Diversity in Nonhuman Primate Models of Human Infectious Diseases. Toxicol Pathol 2016; 45:157-160. [PMID: 27729588 DOI: 10.1177/0192623316672072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Decades of research, including the 1996 Nobel Prize in Medicine, confirm the evolutionary and immunological importance of CD8 T lymphocytes (TCD8+) that target peptides bound by the highly variable major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) proteins. However, their perceived importance has varied dramatically over the past decade. Regardless, there remains myriad reasons to consider the diversity of MHC-I alleles and the TCD8+ that target them as enormously important in infectious disease research. Thus, understanding these molecules in the best animal models of human disease could be a necessity for optimizing the translational potential of these models. Knowledge of macaque MHC has substantially improved their utility for modeling HIV and could aid in modeling other viruses as well, both in the context of distribution of alleles across treatment groups in vaccine trials and in deciphering mechanisms of immune control of pathogens for which specific MHC alleles demonstrate differential impacts on disease.
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- Nicholas J Maness
- 1 Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, USA
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Outinen TK, Laine OK, Mäkelä S, Pörsti I, Huhtala H, Vaheri A, Mustonen J. Thrombocytopenia associates with the severity of inflammation and variables reflecting capillary leakage in Puumala Hantavirus infection, an analysis of 546 Finnish patients. Infect Dis (Lond) 2016; 48:682-7. [PMID: 27299174 DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2016.1192719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in humans. Hantavirus infections are characterized by thrombocytopenia. Our objective was to assess the association of thrombocytopenia with disease severity in HFRS induced by Puumala hantavirus (PUUV). METHODS Altogether 546 patients treated for acute serologically confirmed PUUV infection during 1982-2013 at Tampere University Hospital, Finland, were examined. Blood platelet count was determined daily and analysed in relation to different variables reflecting disease severity. The patients were divided into two groups according to the minimum platelet count: severe thrombocytopenia (<69 × 10(9)/L, i.e. below median) and no severe thrombocytopenia (≥69 × 10(9)/L). RESULTS Thrombocytopenia (platelet count <150 × 10(9)/L) was detected in 90% of patients, and in 28% of patients platelet count was <50 × 10(9)/L. Patients with severe thrombocytopenia had longer stay (8 versus 7 days, p = 0.002) and greater weight gain (2.8 versus 2.0 kg, p < 0.001) at the hospital, higher blood leukocyte count (11.2 × 10(9)/L versus 9.6 × 10(9)/L, p < 0.001), plasma C-reactive protein (81 versus 59 mg/L, p < 0.001), maximum hematocrit (0.44 versus 0.42, p < 0.001), urinary protein excretion (1.7 versus 1.1 g/24 h, p = 0.002), and lower plasma albumin concentration (27 versus 32 g/L, p < 0.001) than patients without severe thrombocytopenia (comparisons between medians). Maximum creatinine concentration did not differ between patients with or without severe thrombocytopenia (median 235 versus 214 μmol/L, p = 0.217). CONCLUSIONS The severity of thrombocytopenia associates with the degree of inflammation and variables reflecting capillary leakage, but not with the severity of acute kidney injury in PUUV infected Finnish patients.
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- Tuula K Outinen
- a Department of Internal Medicine , Tampere University Hospital , Tampere , Finland
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- a Department of Internal Medicine , Tampere University Hospital , Tampere , Finland ;,b School of Medicine , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland
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- a Department of Internal Medicine , Tampere University Hospital , Tampere , Finland ;,b School of Medicine , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland
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- a Department of Internal Medicine , Tampere University Hospital , Tampere , Finland ;,b School of Medicine , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland
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- c School of Health Sciences , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland
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- d Department of Virology, Medicum, Faculty of Medicine , University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland
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- a Department of Internal Medicine , Tampere University Hospital , Tampere , Finland ;,b School of Medicine , University of Tampere , Tampere , Finland
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Animal Models for the Study of Rodent-Borne Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses: Arenaviruses and Hantaviruses. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:793257. [PMID: 26266264 PMCID: PMC4523679 DOI: 10.1155/2015/793257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 06/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Human pathogenic hantaviruses and arenaviruses are maintained in nature by persistent infection of rodent carrier populations. Several members of these virus groups can cause significant disease in humans that is generically termed viral hemorrhagic fever (HF) and is characterized as a febrile illness with an increased propensity to cause acute inflammation. Human interaction with rodent carrier populations leads to infection. Arenaviruses are also viewed as potential biological weapons threat agents. There is an increased interest in studying these viruses in animal models to gain a deeper understating not only of viral pathogenesis, but also for the evaluation of medical countermeasures (MCM) to mitigate disease threats. In this review, we examine current knowledge regarding animal models employed in the study of these viruses. We include analysis of infection models in natural reservoirs and also discuss the impact of strain heterogeneity on the susceptibility of animals to infection. This information should provide a comprehensive reference for those interested in the study of arenaviruses and hantaviruses not only for MCM development but also in the study of viral pathogenesis and the biology of these viruses in their natural reservoirs.
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Latus J, Schwab M, Tacconelli E, Pieper FM, Wegener D, Rettenmaier B, Schwab A, Hoffmann L, Dippon J, Müller S, Fritz P, Zakim D, Segerer S, Kitterer D, Kimmel M, Gußmann K, Priwitzer M, Mezger B, Walter-Frank B, Corea A, Wiedenmann A, Brockmann S, Pöhlmann C, Alscher MD, Braun N. Acute kidney injury and tools for risk-stratification in 456 patients with hantavirus-induced nephropathia epidemica. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014; 30:245-51. [PMID: 25313168 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Puumala virus (PUUV) is the most common species of hantavirus in Central Europe. Nephropathia epidemica (NE), caused by PUUV, is characterized by acute kidney injury (AKI) and thrombocytopenia. The major goals of this study were to provide a clear clinical phenotyping of AKI in patients with NE and to develop an easy prediction rule to identify patients, who are at lower risk to develop severe AKI. METHODS A cross-sectional prospective survey of 456 adult patients with serologically confirmed NE was performed. Data were collected from medical records and prospectively at follow-up visit. Severe AKI was defined by standard criteria according to the RIFLE (Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End-stage kidney disease) classification. Fuller statistical models were developed and validated to estimate the probability for severe AKI. RESULTS During acute NE, 88% of the patients had AKI according to the RILFE criteria during acute NE. A risk index score for severe AKI was derived by using three independent risk factors in patients with normal kidney function at time of diagnosis: thrombocytopenia [two points; odds ratios (OR): 3.77; 95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.82, 8.03], elevated C-reactive protein levels (one point; OR: 3.02; 95% CI: 1.42, 6.58) and proteinuria (one point; OR: 3.92; 95% CI: 1.33, 13.35). On the basis of a point score of one or two, the probability of severe AKI was 0.18 and 0.28 with an area under the curve of 0.71. CONCLUSION This clinical prediction rule provides a novel and diagnostically accurate strategy for the potential prevention and improved management of kidney complications in patients with NE and, ultimately, for a possible decrease in unnecessary hospitalization in a high number of patients.
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- Joerg Latus
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Dr Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Digital Medicine, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Digital Medicine, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
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Influence of HLA-DRB alleles on haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in a Chinese Han population in Hubei Province, China. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 34:187-195. [DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2213-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Immunogenetic factors affecting susceptibility of humans and rodents to hantaviruses and the clinical course of hantaviral disease in humans. Viruses 2014; 6:2214-41. [PMID: 24859344 PMCID: PMC4036553 DOI: 10.3390/v6052214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2013] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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We reviewed the associations of immunity-related genes with susceptibility of humans and rodents to hantaviruses, and with severity of hantaviral diseases in humans. Several class I and class II HLA haplotypes were linked with severe or benign hantavirus infections, and these haplotypes varied among localities and hantaviruses. The polymorphism of other immunity-related genes including the C4A gene and a high-producing genotype of TNF gene associated with severe PUUV infection. Additional genes that may contribute to disease or to PUUV infection severity include non-carriage of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) allele 2 and IL-1β (-511) allele 2, polymorphisms of plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) and platelet GP1a. In addition, immunogenetic studies have been conducted to identify mechanisms that could be linked with the persistence/clearance of hantaviruses in reservoirs. Persistence was associated during experimental infections with an upregulation of anti-inflammatory responses. Using natural rodent population samples, polymorphisms and/or expression levels of several genes have been analyzed. These genes were selected based on the literature of rodent or human/hantavirus interactions (some Mhc class II genes, Tnf promoter, and genes encoding the proteins TLR4, TLR7, Mx2 and β3 integrin). The comparison of genetic differentiation estimated between bank vole populations sampled over Europe, at neutral and candidate genes, has allowed to evidence signatures of selection for Tnf, Mx2 and the Drb Mhc class II genes. Altogether, these results corroborated the hypothesis of an evolution of tolerance strategies in rodents. We finally discuss the importance of these results from the medical and epidemiological perspectives.
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HLA-B27-mediated protection in HIV and hepatitis C virus infection and pathogenesis in spondyloarthritis: two sides of the same coin? Curr Opin Rheumatol 2014; 25:426-33. [PMID: 23656712 DOI: 10.1097/bor.0b013e328362018f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW HLA-B27 is associated with low viral load and long-term nonprogression in HIV infection as well as spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. This review summarizes mechanisms that have been suggested to be involved in this protective effect of HLA-B27, and highlights possible lessons for the role of HLA-B27 in spondyloarthritis. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies linked protection by HLA-B27 in HIV and HCV infection to virological mechanisms such as a complicated pathways of viral escape from immunodominant HLA-B27-restricted virus-specific CD8+ T-cell epitopes. In addition, several immunological mechanisms have been proposed, including CD8+ T-cell polyfunctionality and functional avidity, thymic selection of CD8+ T-cell precursors, specific T-cell receptor repertoires and clonotypes, efficient antigen processing, and evasion from regulatory T-cell-mediated suppression. SUMMARY Multiple virological and immunological mechanisms have been suggested to contribute to HLA-B27-mediated protection in HIV and HCV infection. Some of these mechanisms may also be involved in HLA-B27-associated pathogenesis in spondyloarthritis.
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Heyman P, Vaheri A, Lundkvist Å, Avsic-Zupanc T. Hantavirus infections in Europe: from virus carriers to a major public-health problem. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2014; 7:205-17. [DOI: 10.1586/14787210.7.2.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Koivula TT, Tuulasvaara A, Hetemäki I, Mäkelä SM, Mustonen J, Sironen T, Vaheri A, Arstila TP. Regulatory T cell response correlates with the severity of human hantavirus infection. J Infect 2013; 68:387-94. [PMID: 24269676 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Hantaviruses are an important group of emerging zoonotic pathogens, with significant mortality rates. Immunopathology is thought to be important in hantaviral disease, but the balance between protective and harmful responses is unknown. We studied Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) infection, which causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) with a generally mild but highly variable clinical course. METHODS Clinical data and blood samples were collected from 24 patients with acute PUUV infection, and analyzed by flow cytometry and quantitative PCR. RESULTS The patients had a significantly increased frequency of CD4(+) and CD8(+) cells expressing the cell cycle marker Ki-67, but the magnitude of the effector T cell response did not correlate with disease severity. The frequency of FOXP3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells expressing Ki-67 was also increased, and likewise did not correlate with disease outcome. In contrast, the level of FOXP3 expression, a surrogate of the suppressive phenotype, had a strong positive correlation with disease severity. This correlation was also found in samples taken 6-12 months after the HFRS. CONCLUSIONS The best predictor of a severe disease course in HFRS was the FOXP3(+) Treg cell response, suggesting that the role of Treg cells in acute human hantaviral infections may be deleterious.
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- Tuisku-Tuulia Koivula
- Department of Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tampere School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland; Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tampere School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Research Programs Unit, Immunobiology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Mustonen J, Mäkelä S, Outinen T, Laine O, Jylhävä J, Arstila PT, Hurme M, Vaheri A. The pathogenesis of nephropathia epidemica: new knowledge and unanswered questions. Antiviral Res 2013; 100:589-604. [PMID: 24126075 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Puumala virus (PUUV) causes an acute hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), a zoonosis also called nephropathia epidemica (NE). The reservoir host of PUUV is the bank vole (Myodes glareolus). Herein we review the main clinical manifestations of NE, acute kidney injury, increased vascular permeability, coagulation abnormalities as well as pulmonary, cardiac, central nervous system and ocular manifestations of the disease. Several biomarkers of disease severity have recently been discovered: interleukin-6, pentraxin-3, C-reactive protein, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, cell-free DNA, soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator, GATA-3 and Mac-2 binding protein. The role of cytokines, vascular endothelial growth hormone, complement, bradykinin, cellular immune response and other mechanisms in the pathogenesis of NE as well as host genetic factors will be discussed. Finally therapeutic aspects and directions for further research will be handled.
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- Jukka Mustonen
- School of Medicine, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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Krautkrämer E, Grouls S, Urban E, Schnitzler P, Zeier M. No gender-related differences in the severity of nephropathia epidemica, Germany. BMC Infect Dis 2013; 13:457. [PMID: 24090247 PMCID: PMC3850742 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The number of cases of hantavirus disease caused by Puumala virus is increasing enormously in Germany within the last years. Men are overrepresented in hantavirus disease and differences in course and symptoms in relation to gender were reported from several countries. This study was conducted to define possible gender-specific risk factors and aspects of severity in hantavirus infections occurring in Germany. METHODS Characteristics, clinical parameters and symptoms were recorded in a retrospective analysis of 108 patients with serologically confirmed hantavirus infection treated in our department. This cohort corresponds in regard to age, time of infection and gender ratio to the characteristics of the overall cases reported in Germany. RESULTS The frequency of characteristic symptoms of hantavirus disease did not differ between males and females. The median of nadir and peak levels of clinical parameters did not exhibit relevant differences that would point to a more severe course in males or females. The clinical course and duration of hospitalization were similar for both sexes. No relevant differences in renal and pulmonary findings were observed. Males with hantavirus disease exhibited more cardiac findings than females.To compare the unequal gender distribution of the rodent-borne Puumala hantavirus disease with the gender ratio of other infectious diseases, we analyzed the gender ratio for notifiable infections according to their mode of transmission. Our data revealed a general overrepresentation of men in infections carried by arthropods and rodents. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to reports from other countries, no crucial differences in the symptoms, course or severity of hantavirus disease between infected men and female were observed in our cohort. However behavioural differences may account for the fact that men are more often affected by certain infectious diseases than females.
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- Ellen Krautkrämer
- Department of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 162, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Akıncı E, Bodur H, Muşabak U, Sağkan RI. The relationship between the human leukocyte antigen system and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the Turkish population. Int J Infect Dis 2013; 17:e1038-41. [PMID: 23911239 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules have been shown to be important genetic factors in several diseases. In this study we aimed to evaluate the possible role of HLA genes in the course of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) infection. METHODS A total of 57 adult patients with CCHF and 43 healthy controls living in the same regions as the patients were included in the study. Severe cases were defined according to previously reported severity criteria. RESULTS The frequency of HLA-A*02 was found to be significantly higher in the patients than in the healthy controls (p=0.021). However, a significantly lower frequency of HLA-B*27 was observed in the patients than in the healthy controls (p=0.01). The relative risk (RR) of HLA-A*02 allele for CCHF was found to be 1.93 (95% confidence interval 1.11 < RR < 3.36). With regard to severe and non-severe cases, there was a significantly greater frequency of HLA-A*23 in severe cases (p=0.014). CONCLUSIONS The results of this study indicate that while some HLA alleles could constitute a risk factor for acquiring CCHF infection, others could have a protective role against the disease. This study also presents the impact of genetic risk factors on the clinical course of the disease.
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- Esragül Akıncı
- Ankara Numune Education And Research Hospital, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department, 06100 Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
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The genetic polymorphisms of HLA are strongly correlated with the disease severity after Hantaan virus infection in the Chinese Han population. Clin Dev Immunol 2012; 2012:308237. [PMID: 23091554 PMCID: PMC3472611 DOI: 10.1155/2012/308237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The polymorphism of human leukocyte antigen (HLA), which is a genetic factor that influences the progression of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) after Hantaan virus (HTNV) infection, was incompletely understood. In this case-control study, 76 HFRS patients and 370 healthy controls of the Chinese Han population were typed for the HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 loci. The general variation at the HLA-DRB1 locus was associated with the onset of HFRS (P < 0.05). The increasing frequencies of HLA-DRB1∗09 and HLA-B*46-DRB1*09 in HFRS patients were observed as reproducing a previous study. Moreover, the HLA-B*51-DRB1*09 was susceptible to HFRS (P = 0.037; OR = 3.62; 95% CI: 1.00-13.18). The increasing frequencies of HLA-B*46, HLA-B*46-DRB1*09, and HLA-B*51-DRB1*09 were observed almost in severe/critical HFRS patients. The mean level of maximum serum creatinine was higher in HLA-B∗46-DRB1*09 (P = 0.011), HLA-B*51-DRB1*09 (P = 0.041), or HLA-B*46 (P = 0.011) positive patients than that in the negative patients. These findings suggest that the allele HLA-B*46 and haplotypes HLA-B*46-DRB1*09 and HLA-B*51-DRB1*09 in patients could contribute to a more severe degree of HFRS and more serious kidney injury, which improve our understanding of the HLA polymorphism for a different outcome of HTNV infection.
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Vaheri A, Henttonen H, Voutilainen L, Mustonen J, Sironen T, Vapalahti O. Hantavirus infections in Europe and their impact on public health. Rev Med Virol 2012; 23:35-49. [PMID: 22761056 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.1722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Revised: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hantaviruses (genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae) are enveloped tri-segmented negative-stranded RNA viruses each carried by a specific rodent or insectivore host species. Several different hantaviruses known to infect humans circulate in Europe. The most common is Puumala (PUUV) carried by the bank vole; another two important, genetically closely related ones are Dobrava-Belgrade (DOBV) and Saaremaa viruses (SAAV) carried by Apodemus mice (species names follow the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses nomenclature). Of the two hantaviral diseases, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantaviral cardiopulmonary syndrome, the European viruses cause only HFRS: DOBV with often severe symptoms and a high case fatality rate, and PUUV and SAAV more often mild disease. More than 10,000 HFRS cases are diagnosed annually in Europe and in increasing numbers. Whether this is because of increasing recognition by the medical community or due to environmental factors such as climate change, or both, is not known. Nevertheless, in large areas of Europe, the population has a considerable seroprevalence but only relatively few HFRS cases are reported. Moreover, no epidemiological data are available from many countries. We know now that cardiac, pulmonary, ocular and hormonal disorders are, besides renal changes, common during the acute stage of PUUV and DOBV infection. About 5% of hospitalized PUUV and 16%-48% of DOBV patients require dialysis and some prolonged intensive-care treatment. Although PUUV-HFRS has a low case fatality rate, complications and long-term hormonal, renal, and cardiovascular consequences commonly occur. No vaccine or specific therapy is in general use in Europe. We conclude that hantaviruses have a significant impact on public health in Europe.
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- Antti Vaheri
- Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, and Research Programs Unit, Infection Biology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Wagner R, Leicht-Biener U, Mucsi I, Seitz K. Ibuprofen or diclofenac is associated with more severe acute kidney injury in nephropathia epidemica. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 46:65-9. [DOI: 10.3109/00365599.2011.625041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Robert Wagner
- Department of Internal Medicine,
Sigmaringen Community Hospital, Sigmaringen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Sigmaringen Community Hospital, Sigmaringen, Germany
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- Semmelweis University, Institute of Behavioral Medicine,
Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine,
Sigmaringen Community Hospital, Sigmaringen, Germany
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T cells are not required for pathogenesis in the Syrian hamster model of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. J Virol 2011; 85:9929-44. [PMID: 21775442 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05356-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Andes virus (ANDV) is associated with a lethal vascular leak syndrome in humans termed hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). In hamsters, ANDV causes a respiratory distress syndrome closely resembling human HPS. The mechanism for the massive vascular leakage associated with HPS is poorly understood; however, T cell immunopathology has been implicated on the basis of circumstantial and corollary evidence. Here, we show that following ANDV challenge, hamster T cell activation corresponds with the onset of disease. However, treatment with cyclophosphamide or specific T cell depletion does not impact the course of disease or alter the number of surviving animals, despite significant reductions in T cell number. These data demonstrate, for the first time, that T cells are not required for hantavirus pathogenesis in the hamster model of human HPS. Depletion of T cells from Syrian hamsters did not significantly influence early events in disease progression. Moreover, these data argue for a mechanism of hantavirus-induced vascular permeability that does not involve T cell immunopathology.
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HLA-associated hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome disease progression in slovenian patients. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2011; 18:1435-40. [PMID: 21775516 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.05187-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II genes regulate the balance between appropriate aggressive responses and invading pathogens while minimizing the destruction of host tissue. Several studies have shown that in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) patients, the disease outcome is determined by a complex interaction between the virus and immunopathologic and human genetic factors. In Slovenia, the severity of the disease caused by Puumala virus (PUUV) is significantly lower than that of HFRS due to Dobrava virus (DOBV). We have determined 23 different HLA-B and 12 different HLA-DRB1 types in Slovenian HFRS patients. Comparison of HLA frequencies between healthy individuals and HFRS patients showed no strong association with the susceptibility for hantaviral infection. Significant associations were recognized when the patient group was separated according to the virus responsible for the infection. DOBV-infected patients have a significantly higher frequency of HLA-B*35 than PUUV-infected patients. For HLA class II genes, the biggest difference between the PUUV- and DOBV-infected groups of patients was in HLA-DRB1*13, where this phenotype was more frequent in PUUV-infected patients, especially in the severe form of the disease. HLA-B*07 could play a protective role in PUUV-caused HFRS in the Slovenian population. Our study shows diverse associations of HLA molecules with DOBV- and PUUV-induced HFRS, and therefore, we presume that different hantaviruses are presented differently through the same HLA molecules and that this might lead to either a more severe or a milder form of the disease. In line with this idea, we have noticed that HLA-B*35 might be a genetic risk factor for DOBV infection in the Slovenian population.
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Terajima M, Ennis FA. T cells and pathogenesis of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. Viruses 2011; 3:1059-73. [PMID: 21994770 PMCID: PMC3185782 DOI: 10.3390/v3071059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Revised: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 07/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We previously hypothesized that increased capillary permeability observed in both hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) may be caused by hantavirus-specific cytotoxic T cells attacking endothelial cells presenting viral antigens on their surface based on clinical observations and in vitro experiments. In HCPS, hantavirus-specific T cell responses positively correlated with disease severity. In HFRS, in one report, contrary to HCPS, T cell responses negatively correlated with disease severity, but in another report the number of regulatory T cells, which are thought to suppress T cell responses, negatively correlated with disease severity. In rat experiments, in which hantavirus causes persistent infection, depletion of regulatory T cells helped infected rats clear virus without inducing immunopathology. These seemingly contradictory findings may suggest delicate balance in T cell responses between protection and immunopathogenesis. Both too strong and too weak T cell responses may lead to severe disease. It is important to clarify the role of T cells in these diseases for better treatment (whether to suppress T cell functions) and protection (vaccine design) which may need to take into account viral factors and the influence of HLA on T cell responses.
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- Masanori Terajima
- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA; E-Mail:
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- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA; E-Mail:
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Hantavirus infection—Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: the first case series reported in Romania and review of the literature. Int Urol Nephrol 2011; 44:1185-91. [DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-0013-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/31/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Rusnak JM. Experience with Ribavirin for Treatment and Postexposure Prophylaxis of Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses: Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Lassa Fever, and Hantaviruses. APPLIED BIOSAFETY 2011. [DOI: 10.1177/153567601101600203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Klingström J, Ahlm C. Hantavirus protein interactions regulate cellular functions and signaling responses. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2011; 9:33-47. [PMID: 21171876 DOI: 10.1586/eri.10.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Rodent-borne pathogenic hantaviruses cause two severe and often lethal zoonotic diseases: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in the Americas. Currently, no US FDA-approved therapeutics or vaccines are available for HFRS/HCPS. Infections with hantaviruses are not lytic, and it is currently not known exactly why infections in humans cause disease. A better understanding of how hantaviruses interfere with normal cell functions and activation of innate and adaptive immune responses might provide clues to future development of specific treatment and/or vaccines against hantavirus infection. In this article, the current knowledge regarding immune responses observed in patients, hantavirus interference with cellular proteins and signaling pathways, and possible approaches in the development of therapeutics are discussed.
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- Jonas Klingström
- Centre for Microbiological Preparedness, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden.
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Hautala T, Mähönen SM, Sironen T, Hautala N, Pääkkö E, Karttunen A, Salmela PI, Ilonen J, Vainio O, Glumoff V, Rytky S, Plyusnin A, Vaheri A, Vapalahti O, Kauma H. Central nervous system-related symptoms and findings are common in acute Puumala hantavirus infection. Ann Med 2010; 42:344-51. [PMID: 20545485 DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.480979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) causes a hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) also called nephropathia epidemica (NE). Recent case reports and retrospective studies suggest that NE may damage the pituitary gland. Based on these observations, our goal was to explore the nature of this complication prospectively. METHODS A total of 58 hospitalized patients with acute NE volunteered to participate. Central nervous system (CNS) symptoms were recorded, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotype was analyzed, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was acquired, and electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded. Patients with abnormal pituitary MRI finding were examined by an endocrinologist. RESULTS Most patients experienced CNS symptoms, and half of the CSF samples were positive for PUUV IgM, elevated protein level, or leukocyte count. CSF of patients negative for DR15(2)-DQ6 haplotype was less frequently affected. MRI revealed pituitary hemorrhage in two patients; these two patients suffered sudden loss of vision associated with headache, and they both developed hypopituitarism. Only one patient required long-term hormonal replacement therapy. CONCLUSION CNS-related symptoms and inflammation in the CSF are common in acute NE. Genetic properties of the host may predispose to CNS involvement. It does seem that pituitary injury and subsequent hormonal insufficiency may complicate the recovery.
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- Timo Hautala
- Department of Internal Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
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Mäkelä S, Jaatinen P, Miettinen M, Salmi J, Ala-Houhala I, Huhtala H, Hurme M, Pörsti I, Vaheri A, Mustonen J. Hormonal deficiencies during and after Puumala hantavirus infection. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2010; 29:705-13. [PMID: 20397036 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0918-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Accepted: 03/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Previous reports have described panhypopituitarism associated with severe cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), but the prevalence of hormonal deficiencies after nephropathia epidemica (NE), a milder form of HFRS, has not been studied. This study was conducted in order to determine the prevalence of hormonal defects in patients with acute NE and during long-term follow-up. Fifty-four patients with serologically confirmed acute NE were examined by serum hormonal measurements during the acute NE, after 3 months, and after 1 to 10 (median 5) years. Thirty out of 54 (56%) patients had abnormalities of the gonadal and/or thyroid axis during the acute NE. After a median follow-up of 5 years, 9 (17%) patients were diagnosed with a chronic, overt hormonal deficit: hypopituitarism was found in five patients and primary hypothyroidism in five patients. In addition, chronic subclinical testicular failure was found in five men. High creatinine levels and inflammatory markers during NE were associated with the acute central hormone deficiencies, but not with the chronic deficiencies. Hormonal defects are common during acute NE and, surprisingly, many patients develop chronic hormonal deficiencies after NE. The occurrence of long-term hormonal defects cannot be predicted by the severity of acute NE.
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- S Mäkelä
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, P.O. Box 2000, 33521, Tampere, Finland.
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Borges AA, Donadi EA, Campos GM, Moreli ML, de Sousa RLM, Saggioro FP, de Figueiredo GG, Badra SJ, Deghaide NHS, Figueiredo LTM. Association of -308G/A polymorphism in the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene promoter with susceptibility to development of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in the Ribeirão Preto region, Brazil. Arch Virol 2010; 155:971-5. [PMID: 20372945 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0655-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2009] [Accepted: 03/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Activation of the immune response in hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) leads to a high TNF production, probably contributing to the disease. The polymorphic TNF2 allele (TNF -308G/A) has been associated with increased cytokine production. We investigated the association of the TNF2 allele with the outcome of hantavirus infection in Brazilian patients. A total of 122 hantavirus-exposed individuals (26 presenting HCPS and 96 only hantavirus seroconversion) were studied. The TNF2 allele was more frequently found in HCPS patients than in individuals with positive serology for hantavirus but without a history of HCPS illness, suggesting that the TNF2 allele could represent a risk factor for developing HCPS.
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- Alessandra Abel Borges
- Virology Research Center, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Wang PZ, Huang CX, Zhang Y, Li ZD, Yo HT, Zhang Y, Jia ZS, Wang JP, Lian JQ, Sun YT, Bai XF. Analysis of the immune response to Hantaan virus nucleocapsid protein C-terminal-specific CD8(+) T cells in patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. Viral Immunol 2009; 22:253-60. [PMID: 19594396 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2008.0097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hantaan virus (HTNV), the prototype member of the Hantavirus genus in the family Bunyaviridae, causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), which is characterized by capillary leakage, hemorrhage, and renal injury, and is an important public health problem in China. Some kinds of immune cells, particularly CD8(+) T cells, are involved in the pathogenesis of Hantavirus infection. The nucleocapsid protein (NP) of the Hantavirus is the most conserved structural protein and the most abundant viral protein produced during infection. It is one of the important target antigens that induce the CD8(+) T-cell response. In this study, we examined the CD8(+) T-cell response to HTNV NP C-terminal polypeptides. We synthesized 23 overlapping C-terminal polypeptides and detected the antigen-specific CD8(+) T cell response in 15 patients with HFRS. The results demonstrated that there were NP-specific T-cell responses in bulk cultures of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 9 of 15 patients. The peptide 51 (aa 301-315: SPSSIWVFAGAPDRC), peptide 60 (aa 355-369: LRKKSSFYQSYLRRT), and peptide 70 (aa 415-429: DVKVKEISNQEPLKL) induced strong CD8(+) T-cell responses. Among them, peptide 70 induced CTL responses in donors 7, 9, and 11, and the strongest responses were seen in donor 11. Depletion of CD8(+) T cells from PBMCs completely abrogated the peptide-specific T-cell response, while depletion of CD4(+) T cells did not diminish the number of IFN-gamma spot-forming cells. These data suggest that infection with HTNV results in CTL responses to immunodominant regions on the NP.
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- Ping-Zhong Wang
- Center of Infectious Diseases, Tangdu Hospital, Shaanxi Province, China
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Rusnak JM, Byrne WR, Chung KN, Gibbs PH, Kim TT, Boudreau EF, Cosgriff T, Pittman P, Kim KY, Erlichman MS, Rezvani DF, Huggins JW. Experience with intravenous ribavirin in the treatment of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Korea. Antiviral Res 2009; 81:68-76. [PMID: 18977392 PMCID: PMC7127354 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2008.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2008] [Revised: 09/24/2008] [Accepted: 09/25/2008] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Results of a clinical study using intravenous (IV) ribavirin for treating Department of Defense personnel with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) acquired in Korea from 1987 to 2005 were reviewed to determine the clinical course of HFRS treated with IV ribavirin. A total of 38 individuals enrolled in the study had subsequent serological confirmation of HFRS. Four of the 38 individuals received three or fewer doses of ribavirin and were excluded from treatment analysis. Of the remaining 34 individuals, oliguria was present in one individual at treatment initiation; none of the remaining 33 subjects developed oliguria or required dialysis. The mean peak serum creatinine was 3.46 mg/dl and occurred on day 2 of ribavirin therapy. Both the peak serum creatinine and the onset of polyuria occurred on mean day 6.8 of illness. Reversible hemolytic anemia was the main adverse event of ribavirin, with a >or=25% decrease in hematocrit observed in 26/34 (76.5%) individuals. While inability to adjust for all baseline variables prevents comparison to historical cohorts in Korea where oliguria has been reported in 39-69% cases and dialysis required in approximately 40% HFRS cases caused by Hantaan virus, the occurrence of 3% oliguria and 0% dialysis requirement in the treatment cohort is supportive of a previous placebo-controlled HFRS trial in China where IV ribavirin given early resulted in decreased occurrence of oliguria and decreased severity of renal insufficiency.
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- Janice M Rusnak
- Division of Medicine, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, USA.
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- Hyo Youl Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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Vaheri A, Vapalahti O, Plyusnin A. How to diagnose hantavirus infections and detect them in rodents and insectivores. Rev Med Virol 2008; 18:277-88. [PMID: 18464294 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Hantaviruses are carried by rodents and insectivores in which they cause persistent and generally asymptomatic infections. Several hantaviruses can infect humans and many of them cause either haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia or hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in the Americas. In humans hantavirus infections are diagnosed using IgM-capture tests but also by RT-PCR detection of viral RNA. For detection of hantavirus infections in rodents and insectivores, serology followed by immunoblotting of, for example, lung tissue, and RT-PCR detection of viral RNA may be used, and if of interest followed by sequencing and virus isolation. For sero/genotyping of hantavirus infections in humans and carrier animals neutralisation tests/RNA sequencing are required. Hantaviruses are prime examples of emerging and re-emerging infections and it seems likely that many new hantaviruses will be detected in the near future.
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- Antti Vaheri
- Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Sanchez A, Wagoner KE, Rollin PE. Sequence-based human leukocyte antigen-B typing of patients infected with Ebola virus in Uganda in 2000: identification of alleles associated with fatal and nonfatal disease outcomes. J Infect Dis 2008; 196 Suppl 2:S329-36. [PMID: 17940968 PMCID: PMC7109895 DOI: 10.1086/520588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The Sudan species of Ebola virus (SEBOV) causes severe, often fatal infection in ∼50% of infected humans. We sought to determine whether the human leukocyte antigen—B (HLA-B) locus has a role in the outcome of SEBOV disease by typing 77 cases from an outbreak in northern Uganda in 2000–2001. Sequence-based HLA-B typing was performed using leukocytes isolated from 77 patients. Statistical analysis and a predictive discriminant analysis (PDA) were applied to typing data. Epitope prediction software was also applied to SEBOV sequences. Statistically significant associations were found between certain sets of alleles and either fatal or nonfatal disease outcomes. Alleles B*67 and B*15 were associated with fatal outcomes, whereas B*07 and B*14 were associated with nonfatal outcomes. The PDA-derived functions that were produced were 81.8% accurate in classifying patients into their correct outcome group. Several epitopes predicted to bind strongly to HLA-B*07 molecules were identified in the viral polymerase, nucleoprotein, and VP35 protein. HLA-B alleles associated with either fatal or nonfatal outcomes of SEBOV disease were identified and can be used in a predictive model. Studies of HLA-B—restricted epitopes could contribute to characterization of protective host responses and to vaccine development.
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- Anthony Sanchez
- Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Paakkala A, Mäkelä S, Hurme M, Partanen J, Huhtala H, Mustonen J. Association of chest radiography findings with host-related genetic factors in patients with nephropathia epidemica. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 40:254-8. [PMID: 17907045 DOI: 10.1080/00365540701633012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Different host genetic factors causes imbalance in the immune response. The purpose of this study was to establish whether pathological findings in chest radiography are related to the various host-related immunological factors in nephropathia epidemica (NE). Chest radiography findings, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles B8, DR3, B27, genotypes of the genes of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), interleukin -1alpha (IL-1alpha), IL1beta and IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL1RA) were analysed in 114 patients with serologically confirmed acute NE. Both the presence and severity of abnormal NE-related chest radiography findings associated with the B8, DR3 and TNF2 alleles are known to form a frequent extended HLA haplotype in European populations. Pleural effusion showed the strongest association with these genetic factors. Pathological findings in chest radiography are related to host genetic factors in NE. Pleural effusion is a sign of increased capillary permeability, an important feature in NE. Host genetic factors may contribute to increased capillary permeability observed in NE patients.
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- Antti Paakkala
- Departments of Radiology, Tampere University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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Mähönen SM, Sironen T, Vapalahti O, Pääkkö E, Hautala N, Ilonen J, Glumoff V, Vainio O, Kauma H, Vaheri A, Plyusnin A, Hautala T. Puumala virus RNA in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with uncomplicated nephropathia epidemica. J Clin Virol 2007; 40:248-51. [PMID: 17900974 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2007.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2007] [Revised: 07/04/2007] [Accepted: 08/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Terajima M, Hayasaka D, Maeda K, Ennis FA. Immunopathogenesis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: Do CD8+ T cells trigger capillary leakage in viral hemorrhagic fevers? Immunol Lett 2007; 113:117-20. [PMID: 17897725 PMCID: PMC2214668 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2007.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2007] [Accepted: 08/18/2007] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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There are many viruses known to cause viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans. The mechanisms causing hemorrhage are likely to vary among viruses. Some viruses, such as Marburg virus, are directly cytopathic to infected endothelial cells, suggesting infection of endothelial cells alone can cause hemorrhage. On the other hand, there are viruses which infect endothelial cells without causing any cytopathic effects, suggesting the involvement of host immune responses in developing hemorrhage. Typical examples of these include viruses of the hantavirus species. We hypothesize that impairment of endothelial cell's defense mechanisms against cytotoxic CD8+ T cells is the mechanism of capillary leakage in hantavirus pulmonary syndrome and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, which may be common to other viral hemorrhagic fevers. CD8+ T cells may be a potential target for therapy of some viral hemorrhagic fevers.
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Hayasaka D, Maeda K, Ennis FA, Terajima M. Increased permeability of human endothelial cell line EA.hy926 induced by hantavirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Virus Res 2006; 123:120-7. [PMID: 16979772 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2006] [Revised: 08/14/2006] [Accepted: 08/16/2006] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Hantavirus infection causes two human diseases, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. The typical feature of these diseases is increased permeability in microvascular beds in the kidneys and the lungs, respectively. The mechanism of capillary leakage, however, is not understood. Some evidence suggests that hantavirus disease pathogenesis is immunologically mediated by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and other immune cells in target organs producing inflammatory cytokines. In this study we examined the roles of virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in increased permeability of human endothelial cells infected with hantavirus. We used a human CD8(+) hantavirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte line, 1A-E2, specific for the HLA-A24-restricted epitope in Sin Nombre and Puumala virus G2 protein, and the human endothelial cell line, EA.hy926 that expresses HLA-A24 molecule. The cytotoxic T lymphocyte line recognized and lysed target cells infected with Sin Nombre virus, and in transwell permeability assays increased permeability of EA.hy926 cell monolayer infected with Sin Nombre virus or recombinant adenovirus expressing the Sin Nombre virus G2 protein. These results suggest that cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity contribute to capillary leakage observed in patients with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome or hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
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- Daisuke Hayasaka
- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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Gegúndez MI, Lledó L. [Infection due to Hantavirus and other rodent-borne viruses]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2005; 23:492-500. [PMID: 16185565 DOI: 10.1157/13078828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The term "robovirus" (rodent-borne virus) refers to viruses belonging to the Bunyaviridae (genus Hantavirus) and Arenaviridae families, which are occasionally transmitted to human beings from rodents, their natural hosts. Hantaviruses cause two human diseases: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Arenaviruses produce hemorrhagic fevers or acute central nervous system disease in humans. This article reviews the biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostic methods, treatment and prevention of hantavirus and, more concisely, arenavirus infections.
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- María Isabel Gegúndez
- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain.
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Mustonen J, Huttunen NP, Partanen J, Baer M, Paakkala A, Vapalahti O, Uhari M. Human leukocyte antigens B8-DRB1*03 in pediatric patients with nephropathia epidemica caused by Puumala hantavirus. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2004; 23:959-61. [PMID: 15602199 DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000141737.45047.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In adults, HLA haplotype B8-DRB1*03 is clearly associated with a severe clinical course of nephropathia epidemica caused by Puumala hantavirus. We investigated whether the same applies in pediatric patients. This HLA haplotype was found in 20 of 39 (51%) of the patients, a significantly higher figure than in the Finnish population (19%). There were, however, no significant differences in the clinical picture between patients with and without HLA B8-DRB1*03.
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- Jukka Mustonen
- Medical School, University of Tampere,Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Terajima M, Vapalahti O, Van Epps HL, Vaheri A, Ennis FA. Immune responses to Puumala virus infection and the pathogenesis of nephropathia epidemica. Microbes Infect 2004; 6:238-45. [PMID: 15049335 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2003.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Puumala virus, causative agent of a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, also known as nephropathia epidemica, induces long-lasting humoral and cellular immunity in patients. The virus itself is not cytopathic, and the immune responses to the virus may be involved in teh pathogenesis of the disease.
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- Masanori Terajima
- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, S5-326 University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 01655, USA
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Vapalahti O, Mustonen J, Lundkvist A, Henttonen H, Plyusnin A, Vaheri A. Hantavirus infections in Europe. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2003; 3:653-61. [PMID: 14522264 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00774-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 444] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Hantaviruses are enveloped RNA viruses each carried by a specific rodent species. Three hantaviruses, Puumala, Dobrava, and Saaremaa viruses, are known to cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. In Europe. Puumala causes a generally mild disease, nephropathia epidemica, which presents most commonly with fever, headache, gastrointestinal symptoms, impaired renal function, and blurred vision, whereas Dobrava infections often also have haemorrhagic complications. There are few available data about the clinical picture of confirmed Saaremaa infections, but epidemiological evidence suggests that it is less pathogenic than Dobrava, and that Saaremaa infections are more similar to nephropathia epidemica caused by Puumala. Along with its rodent host, the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus), Puumala is reported throughout most of Europe (excluding the Mediterranean region), whereas Dobrava, carried by the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis), and Saaremaa, carried by the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius), are reported mainly in eastern and central Europe. The diagnosis of acute hantavirus infection is based on the detection of virus-specific IgM. Whereas Puumala is distinct, Dobrava and Saaremaa are genetically and antigenically very closely related and were previously thought to be variants of the same virus. Typing of a specific hantavirus infection requires neutralisation antibody assays or reverse transcriptase PCR and sequencing.
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- Olli Vapalahti
- Division of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki and HUCH Laboratory Diagnostics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
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Terajima M, Van Epps HL, Li D, Leporati AM, Juhlin SE, Mustonen J, Vaheri A, Ennis FA. Generation of recombinant vaccinia viruses expressing Puumala virus proteins and use in isolating cytotoxic T cells specific for Puumala virus. Virus Res 2002; 84:67-77. [PMID: 11900840 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(01)00416-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Puumala (PUU) virus causes a form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), called nephropathia epidemica (NE), in Europe. HFRS is characterized by an increased capillary permeability, which we hypothesize is caused by hyperactivation of the host immune system, especially cellular immune responses. To identify cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) specific for the PUU virus from NE patients, we have made recombinant vaccinia viruses expressing PUU virus proteins, the nucleocapsid (N) and two surface glycoproteins, G1 and G2. Recombinant vaccinia viruses carrying the N or the first half of the G2 cDNA under the control of a strong synthetic promoter were made. To express G1 and the second half of the G2 proteins, however, we needed to use a T7 expression system, where the T7 RNA polymerase is produced from another recombinant vaccinia virus co-infecting the same cells. These recombinant vaccinia viruses were used to detect and clone PUU virus-specific CTLs from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of NE patients. An HLA-A24-restricted CTL line recognizing the G2 protein was isolated and its 9-mer epitope was determined.
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Affiliation(s)
- Masanori Terajima
- Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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Hantaviruses are rodent-borne bunyaviruses which cause haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in humans. This review covers the host interactions of the viruses, including the rodent reservoirs, the clinical outcome of human infections as well as the pathogenesis and laboratory diagnosis of infections. The current stage in prophylaxis and therapy of hantaviral diseases is described and different approaches in vaccine development are discussed.
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- D H Krüger
- Institute of Virology, Humboldt University, School of Medicine Charité, D-10098, Berlin, Germany.
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