Seoul virus infection in a Wisconsin patient with recent travel to China, March 2009: first documented case in the Midwestern United States.
Diagnosis of Seoul virus-associated hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) cases among United States residents is rare. We describe confirmation of a Seoul virus infection in a 36-year-old scientist who worked with laboratory rats in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but most likely acquired the infection during a trip to Shenyang, China.
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. CNielsen@cdc.gov
Carrie F
CF
Nielsen
Vishal
V
Sethi
Andrew E
AE
Petroll
James
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Kazmierczak
Bobbie R
BR
Erickson
Stuart T
ST
Nichol
Pierre E
PE
Rollin
Jeffrey P
JP
Davis
D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D029263:Seoul virus; D014195:Travel; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology