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Life-Threatening Sochi Virus Infections,Russia |
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| Authors: | Detlev H. Kruger Evgeniy A. Tkachenko Vyacheslav G. Morozov Yulia V. Yunicheva Olga M. Pilikova Gennadiy Malkin Aydar A. Ishmukhametov Patrick Heinemann Peter T. Witkowski Boris Klempa Tamara K. Dzagurova |
| Affiliation: | Charité School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany (D.H. Kruger, P. Heinemann, P.T. Witkowski, B. Klempa); ;Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides, Moscow, Russia (E.A. Tkachenko, G. Malkin, A.A. Ishmukhametov, T.K. Dzagurova); ;Medical State University, Samara, Russia (V.G. Morozov); ;Anti-Plague Stations, Sochi, Russia (Y.V. Yunicheva); ;Anti-Plague Stations, Novorossiysk, Russia (O.M. Pilikova); ;Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia (B. Klempa) |
| Abstract: | 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%. |
| Keywords: | Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome Apodemus ponticus Sochi virus Russia viruses |