Autochthonous Human Case of Seoul Virus Infection, the Netherlands

Orthohantaviruses are a group of rodentborne viruses with a worldwide distribution. The orthohantavirus Seoul virus (SEOV) can cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in humans and is distributed worldwide, like its reservoir host, the rat. Cases of SEOV in wild and pet rats have been described in several countries, and human cases have been reported in the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and the United States. In the Netherlands, SEOV has previously been found in wild brown rats. We describe an autochthonous human case of SEOV infection in the Netherlands. This patient had nonspecific cli... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Caroline Swanink
Johan Reimerink
Jet Gisolf
Ankje de Vries
Mark Claassen
Liesbeth Martens
Toos Waegemaekers
Harry Rozendaal
Stasja Valkenburgh
Tabitha Hoornweg
Miriam Maas
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Reihe/Periodikum: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 12, Pp 2158-2163 (2018)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagwörter: Seoul orthohantavirus / SEOV / hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome / HFRS / rats / source investigation / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27192177
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.180229

Orthohantaviruses are a group of rodentborne viruses with a worldwide distribution. The orthohantavirus Seoul virus (SEOV) can cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in humans and is distributed worldwide, like its reservoir host, the rat. Cases of SEOV in wild and pet rats have been described in several countries, and human cases have been reported in the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and the United States. In the Netherlands, SEOV has previously been found in wild brown rats. We describe an autochthonous human case of SEOV infection in the Netherlands. This patient had nonspecific clinical symptoms of an orthohantavirus infection (gastrointestinal symptoms and distinct elevation of liver enzymes). Subsequent source investigation revealed 2 potential sources, the patient’s feeder rats and a feeder rat farm. At both sources, a high prevalence of SEOV was found in the rats. The virus closely resembled the Cherwell and Turckheim SEOV strains that were previously found in Europe.