Domestically acquired seoul virus causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome-Maryland, 2008.

Abstract

Hantaviruses are rodent-borne viruses capable of causing human disease. The Seoul virus is a hantavirus that causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in East Asia. To our knowledge, we report the first domestically acquired case of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome caused by the Seoul virus, confirmed by serology testing, reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, and nucleotide sequence analysis. The patient presented with myalgias and fever, and developed acute renal failure.

• Authors: Christian Woods, Rakhee Palekar, Peter Kim, David Blythe, Olivier de Senarclens, Katherine Feldman, Eileen C Farnon, Pierre E Rollin, Cesar G Albariño, Stuart T Nichol, Margo Smith
• Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis) Vol. 49 Issue 10 Pg. e109-12 (Nov 15 2009) ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19848600 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antibodies, Viral
• RNA, Viral

Topics

• Antibodies, Viral (blood)
• Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (diagnosis, pathology, physiopathology, virology)
• Humans
• Male
• Maryland
• RNA, Viral (blood, genetics)
• Seoul virus (isolation & purification)
• Sequence Analysis, DNA
• Young Adult