Fig 1.

Laboratory findings and viral RNA kinetics in 105 patients with Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) infection. (a) C-reactive protein (CRP), creatinine and platelet count presented during the first 3 weeks after disease onset. (b) The kinetics of PUUV RNA load in plasma samples from patients with mild versus moderate/severe illness. The figure represents mean values for each time interval and the error bars are standard error of the mean (SEM). In total, 341 plasma samples from the 105 patients were analysed. The proportions of samples from patients with moderate/severe versus mild illness were: (0–3 days) 4 vs 16 samples, (4–7 days) 14 vs 92, (8–11 days) 21 vs 87, (12–15 days) 7 vs 30, (16–19 days) 6 vs 23, and (20–23 days) 0 vs 16.