The first established focus of hantavirus infection in Poland, 2007.

The first hantavirus infection outbreak in Poland (with different seroetiology) was identified between August-December 2007. Thirteen cases were reported in southeast Poland: 12 cases in the Carpathians bordering with northeast Slovakia, mainly in the forested areas of the Bieszczady mountains, and one case approximately 100-120 kilometres north from the others, in the adjacent Sub-Carpathian region. Four additional cases of past infection were identified retrospectively, based on the presence of the hantavirus specific IgG antibodies.

[A case of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)].

In our article we describe clinical and epidemiological analysis of the first case of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)--with serological confirmation--in Poland.