Life-Threatening Sochi Virus Infections, Russia

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Kruger, Detlev H. ; Tkachenko, Evgeniy A. ; Morozov, Vyacheslav G. ; Yunicheva, Yulia V. ; Pilikova, Olga M. ; Malkin, Gennadiy ; Ishmukhametov, Aydar A. ; Heinemann, Patrick ; Witkowski, Peter T. ; Klempa, Boris ; Dzagurova, Tamara K.
• Description:
  Sochi virus was recently identified as a new hantavirus genotype carried by the Black Sea field mouse, Apodemus ponticus. We evaluated 62 patients in Russia with Sochi virus infection. Most clinical cases were severe, and the case-fatality rate was as high as 14.5%.
• Subjects:
  Adult Animals Antibodies, Viral Apodemus Ponticus Education, Medical, Continuing Hantavirus Infections Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome Humans Mice Middle Aged Murinae Orthohantavirus Phylogeny Sochi Virus Zoonoses

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• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.150891
• ISSN:
  1080-6059 (digital) ; 1080-6040 (print)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  26584463
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4672424
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Russia
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  Europe ; Asia
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  12
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(12):2204-2208
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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