HLA-B and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: In the study of Slovenian population, Dobrava virus-infected patients have a significantly higher frequency of HLA-B*35 than PUUV-infected patients, whereas HLA-DRB1*13 was more frequent in PUUV-infected patients, especially in the severe form of the disease, and HLA-B*07 could play a protective role in PUUV-caused HFRS [17].