Seoul Virus Associated with Pet Rats, Scotland, UK, 2019

Shepherd, James G.; Blunsum, Andrew E.; Carmichael, Stephen; Smollett, Katherine; Maxwell-Scott, Hector; Farmer, Eoghan C.W.; Osborne, Jane; MacLean, Alasdair; Ashraf, Shirin; Shah, Rajiv; Gunson, Rory; da Silva Filipe, Ana; Aarons, Emma J.; Thomson, Emma C.

doi:10.3201/eid2710.211298

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Seoul Virus Associated with Pet Rats, Scotland, UK, 2019

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10 2021
By Shepherd, James G. ; Blunsum, Andrew E. ; Carmichael, Stephen ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Shepherd, James G. ; Blunsum, Andrew E. ; Carmichael, Stephen ; Smollett, Katherine ; Maxwell-Scott, Hector ; Farmer, Eoghan C.W. ; Osborne, Jane ; MacLean, Alasdair ; Ashraf, Shirin ; Shah, Rajiv ; Gunson, Rory ; da Silva Filipe, Ana ; Aarons, Emma J. ; Thomson, Emma C.
Description:

We describe a case of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by Seoul virus in a woman in Scotland, UK. Whole-genome sequencing showed the virus belonged to a lineage characterized by recent international expansion, probably driven by trade in pet rats.
Subjects:

Animals Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome Humans Kidney Rats Seoul Virus
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 27(10):2677-2680
Pubmed ID:

34545785
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC8462346
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

MC_ UU_1201412/MRC_/Medical Research CouncilUnited Kingdom/
Place as Subject:

Scotland
Location:

Europe
Volume:

27
Issue:

10
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:7078eff0c90318455efae440f20c702ec2376185ad591159b06811121e283773
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/110446/cdc_110446_DS1.pdf
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