Presence of antibodies to Hantavirus in rat and human populations of Djibouti.

Abstract : The4 diagnosis of human haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) has not been recorded in the Horn of Africa. Since the identification of a virus as agent of HFRS (LEE et al., 1978), several serotypes of this virus have been described as members of a new genus of viruses, Hantavirus, within the family Bunyaviridae (LEDUC et al., 1986). Severak hynab cases if HFRS have been reported in Central Africa (COULAUD et al., 1987).