Leitmeyer K, Sibold C, Meisel H, Ulrich R, Labuda M, Krüger DH (2001): First molecular evidence for Puumala hantavirus in Slovakia
Virus Genes 23: 165-169.

We report on the first Puumala hantavirus nucleotide sequence (strain Opina-916) amplified from a bank vole trapped in Slovakia, central Europe. Phylogenetic analysis of the S-segment sequence grouped the virus within the western/central European sublineage of Puumala virus. In the neighborhood of the rodent trapping site two cases of human infection by the Puumala virus were verified.