Life-Threatening Sochi Virus Infections, Russia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• 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 Dispatch Education, Medical, Continuing Hantavirus Hantavirus Infections Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome Humans Life-Threatening Sochi Virus Infections, Russia Mice Middle Aged Murinae Phylogeny Sochi Virus Viruses Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(12):2204-2208
• Pubmed ID:
  26584463
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4672424
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Russia
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:11531856f2f4b4ea35a104612f8d679454577fd1cbc19671c78b0cd7284e798d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/36553/cdc_36553_DS1.pdf
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