Seoul Virus Associated with Pet Rats, Scotland, UK, 2019
- James G. Shepherd
- Andrew E. Blunsum
- Stephen Carmichael
- Katherine Smollett
- Hector Maxwell-Scott
- Eoghan C.W. Farmer
- Jane Osborne
- Alasdair MacLean
- Shirin Ashraf
- Rajiv Shah
- Rory Gunson
- Ana da Silva Filipe
- Emma J. Aarons
- Emma C. Thomson
Publication date
October 2021
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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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