Importation of Human Seoul Virus Infection to Germany from Indonesia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jun;24(6):1099-1102. doi: 10.3201/eid2406.172044.

Abstract

Seoul hantavirus-associated hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome cases are rare outside Asia and have not yet been found in Germany. We report clinical and molecular evidence for a Seoul virus infection in a patient in Germany. The infection was most likely acquired during a stay in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Keywords: Germany; HFRS; Indonesia; SEOV; Seoul virus; hantaviruses; hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; human infection; importation; imported case; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biomarkers
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / diagnosis
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / transmission
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / virology*
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / transmission
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / virology*
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Indonesia / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral
  • Seoul virus* / classification
  • Seoul virus* / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Travel-Related Illness*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • RNA, Viral