Negative result in the case of the firefighter from Caraş-Severin hospitalized with suspected hantavirus
The suspicion of hantavirus in the case of a 45-year-old man, a firefighter at ISU Caraş-Severin, admitted to the Infectious Diseases Department of Resita County Hospital, is not confirmed, according to the results announced on Friday by the Cantacuzino Institute in the capital.
“Negative hantavirus result. The serum sample from the patient admitted to the Emergency County Hospital in Reşita was tested today, May 22, by the ELISA method by the specialists of the Vector-borne Infections Laboratory of the Cantacuzino National Institute for Medical-Military Research and Development, the result being negative,” the Institute's representatives announced, according to News.ro.
The man would have traveled to Serbia in recent weeks, claim sources from the medical unit. On his return from the neighboring country, in the last month, he had a fever, and since it did not decrease, the man presented himself to the hospital two days ago.
He is currently admitted to the Department of Infectious Diseases of the County Hospital in Resita.
The doctors at the hospital took samples that they sent to the “Cantacuzino” Institute in Bucharest, to confirm the diagnosis, this after the preliminary tests indicated the presence of the hantavirus.
Recently confirmed case of hantavirus in Romania
A week ago, another case of hantavirus was reported in the west of the country, in a man who was hospitalized for two years at the Psychiatric Hospital in Ştei, Bihor county.
He presented himself with cough, fever and diarrhea at the Arad County Hospital, where he was diagnosed with hantavirus.
Later, the “Cantacuzino” Institute in the capital confirmed the presence of the virus in this case.
In Romania, in the period 2023-2026, 15 cases of hantavirus infection were registered.
