Domestically acquired seoul virus causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome-Maryland, 2008.
Hantaviruses are rodent-borne viruses capable of causing human disease. The Seoul virus is a hantavirus that causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in East Asia. To our knowledge, we report the first domestically acquired case of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by the Seoul virus, confirmed by serology testing, reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, and nucleotide sequence analysis. The patient presented with myalgias and fever, and developed acute renal failure.
Woods
Christian
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Deptartment of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical CareWashington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA. christian.woods@medstar.net
Palekar
Rakhee
R
Kim
Peter
P
Blythe
David
D
de Senarclens
Olivier
O
Feldman
Katherine
K
Farnon
Eileen C
EC
Rollin
Pierre E
PE
Albariño
Cesar G
CG
Nichol
Stuart T
ST
Smith
Margo
M
D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D029263:Seoul virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D055815:Young Adult
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral