Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2021)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2710.211298
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 10
pp. 2677 – 2680

Abstract

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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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