Most human hantavirus infections occur in Asia, but some cases have been described in Europe in travelers returning from Asia. We describe a case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a previously healthy traveler occurring shortly after he returned to Spain from Nepal. Serologic tests suggested a Puumala virus-like infection.
Keywords: American sigmodontine hantaviruses; European arvicoline hantaviruses; India; Nepal; Spain; Sri Lanka; cardiopulmonary syndrome; hantavirus; respiratory infections; traveler; viruses; zoonoses.