The continued emergence of hantaviruses: isolation of a Seoul virus implicated in human disease, United Kingdom, October 2012

L J Jameson; C H Logue; B Atkinson; N Baker; S E Galbraith; M W Carroll; T Brooks; R Hewson

doi:10.2807/ese.18.01.20344-en

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The continued emergence of hantaviruses: isolation of a Seoul virus implicated in human disease, United Kingdom, October 2012

L J Jameson^1,2, C H Logue¹, B Atkinson¹, N Baker³, S E Galbraith², M W Carroll¹, T Brooks⁴, R Hewson¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Virology and Pathogenesis, Microbiology Services, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom ² Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom ³ National Collection of Pathogenic Viruses, Microbiology Services, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom ⁴ Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, Microbiology Services, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

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L Jameson
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Citation style for this article: Jameson L J, Logue C H, Atkinson B, Baker N, Galbraith S E, Carroll M W, Brooks T, Hewson R. The continued emergence of hantaviruses: isolation of a Seoul virus implicated in human disease, United Kingdom, October 2012. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(1):pii=20344. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.18.01.20344-en Received: 04 Dec 2012

Abstract

Following a suspected case of hantavirus in a patient suffering from acute kidney injury, rodents from the patient's property in Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom (UK) were screened for hantaviruses. Hantavirus RNA was detected via RT-PCR in two Rattus norvegicus. Complete sequencing and phylogenetic analysis established the virus as a Seoul hantavirus, which we have provisionally designated as strain Humber. This is the first hantavirus isolated from wild rodents in the UK and confirms the presence of a pathogenic Seoul virus in Europe. .