Open AccessSevere Pulmonary Involvement in a Case Attributed to Domestically Acquired Seoul Hantavirus in the United States
Author(s) -
Ingrid Roig,
D. M. Musher,
David J. Tweardy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir748
Subject(s) - hantavirus , hantavirus pulmonary syndrome , medicine , hantavirus infection , virology , bunyaviridae , virus
Hantavirus is known to cause 2 distinct clinical syndromes: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Seoul virus is an Old World hantavirus known to cause HFRS. We report a case attributed to domestically acquired Seoul hantavirus with prominent pulmonary involvement and a fatal outcome.
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