"Hantavirus-specific IgG, IgM, and IgA in Acute and Chronic Renal Disease Versus Congenital Renal Disease in the United States."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in American Journal of Kidney Diseases, "In a blinded fashion, 165 serum samples from patients with biopsy-characterized acute and chronic renal diseases (ACRDs), 34 serum samples from patients with congenital renal diseases (CRDs), and 100 serum samples from healthy adults were assayed for immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgM, and IgA antibodies to Hantaan and Puumala viruses by enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Twenty-six percent (44 of 165) of ACRDs, 3% (1 of 34) of CRDs, and none (0 of 100) of the healthy serum samples were positive for hantavirus-specific antibodies (P<0.001, Fisher's exact test). Thirty of 44 positive serum...

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