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The continued emergence of hantaviruses: isolation of a Seoul virus implicated in human disease, United Kingdom, October 2012
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsL Jamesonlisa.jameson hpa.org.uk
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Citation style for this article: . The continued emergence of hantaviruses: isolation of a Seoul virus implicated in human disease, United Kingdom, October 2012. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(1):pii=20344. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.18.01.20344-en Received: 04 Dec 2012
Abstract
Following a suspected case of hantavirus in a patient suffering from acute kidney injury, rodents from the patient's property in Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom (UK) were screened for hantaviruses. Hantavirus RNA was detected via RT-PCR in two Rattus norvegicus. Complete sequencing and phylogenetic analysis established the virus as a Seoul hantavirus, which we have provisionally designated as strain Humber. This is the first hantavirus isolated from wild rodents in the UK and confirms the presence of a pathogenic Seoul virus in Europe. .
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