TY - JOUR AU - Shepherd, James AU - Blunsum, Andrew AU - Carmichael, Stephen AU - Smollett, Katherine AU - Maxwell-Scott, Hector AU - Farmer, Eoghan C.W. AU - Osborne, Jane AU - MacLean, Alasdair AU - Ashraf, Shirin AU - Shah, Rajiv AU - Gunson, Rory AU - da Silva Filipe, Ana AU - Aarons, Emma AU - Thomson, Emma T1 - Seoul Virus Associated with Pet Rats, Scotland, UK, 2019 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 10 SP - 2677 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - hantavirus infections KW - Seoul virus KW - SEOV KW - hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome KW - viral zoonoses KW - whole-genome sequencing KW - pets KW - rats KW - viruses KW - hantavirus KW - Seoul hantavirus KW - United Kingdom KW - Scotland DO - 10.3201/eid2710.211298 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/10/21-1298_article ER - End of Reference