title: Severe pulmonary involvement in a case attributed to domestically acquired Seoul hantavirus in the United States.
abstract: Hantavirus is known to cause 2 distinct clinical syndromes: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Seoul virus is an Old World hantavirus known to cause HFRS. We report a case attributed to domestically acquired Seoul hantavirus with prominent pulmonary involvement and a fatal outcome.
authors: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. roig@bcm.edu
authors: Ingrid L
authors: IL
authors: Roig
authors: Daniel M
authors: DM
authors: Musher
authors: David J
authors: DJ
authors: Tweardy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D029263:Seoul virus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014481:United States