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Kuypers Dirk Author

jan.clement@uzleuven.be + 32-16-347908

Subjects of specialization
Hantavirus, Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

Affiliation
Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

Biography

Kuypers Dirk Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. His publications include:1. Clement J, Chang JS, Chen HC, Maes P (2015) Hantaviral Infections. In: Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology. Turner N, Lameire N, Goldsmith D, Winearls C, Himmelfarb J, et al. (4th Edtn) Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK 1577-1580. 2.Clement J (2015) Acute kidney injury and hantavirus disease. In: Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology. Turner N, Lameire N, Goldsmith D, Winearls C, Himmelfarb J, et al. (4th Edtn) Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK 2059-2066.

Publications

Review Article Open Access

Hantavirus Infections with Renal Involvement do not Result in Chronic Renal Disease or End-stage Renal Failure

Author(s):

Clement Jan, Kuypers Dirk, Meijers Bjorn and Van Ranst Marc

Rodent-borne hantavirus infections are one of the most important causes worldwide of acute kidney injury in previously healthy, mostly young adults, but remain still heavily underestimated as such by the global nephrological community. Despite of a sometimes severe impairment of renal function, often accompanied by massive proteinuria, this acute zoonotic affection has, after survival, an excellent renal and general prognosis on short and on long term. However, this fact remains contradicted by repeated and unproven statements of the opposite in literature. Indeed, with the advent of early hantavirus research in the ‘80’s, speculations rose as to the potential of this novel agent to cause chronic renal disease, and even end-stage renal failure, s... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2576-3962.1000103

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