Autochthonous Ratborne Seoul Virus Infection in Woman with Acute Kidney Injury |
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| Authors: | Jö rg Hofmann,Elisa Heuser,Sabrina Weiss,Beate Tenner,Konrad Schoppmeyer,Jutta Esser,Christiane Klier,Stephan Drewes,Rainer G. Ulrich,Detlev H. Kruger |
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| Abstract: | Outside Asia, Seoul virus (SEOV) is an underestimated pathogen. In Germany, autochthonous SEOV-associated hantavirus disease has not been unequivocally diagnosed. We found clinical and molecular evidence for SEOV infection in a young woman; her pet rat was the source of infection. |
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| Keywords: | Seoul virus hantavirus renal failure respiratory distress zoonoses hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Germany viruses rats |
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