Seoul Virus Associated with Pet Rats, Scotland, UK, 2019.
- Shepherd, James G
- Blunsum, Andrew E
- Carmichael, Stephen
- Smollett, Katherine
- Maxwell-Scott, Hector
- Farmer, Eoghan CW
- Osborne, Jane
- MacLean, Alasdair
- Ashraf, Shirin
- Shah, Rajiv
- Gunson, Rory
- da Silva Filipe, Ana
- Aarons, Emma J
- Thomson, Emma C
Publication date
October 2021
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Abstract
We describe a case of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by Seoul virus in a woman in Scotland, UK. Whole-genome sequencing showed the virus belonged to a lineage characterized by recent international expansion, probably driven by trade in pet rats
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