Hantavirus — Worldwide/Unknown
[Byline: Lundkvist …, Verner-Carlsson J, Plyusnina A, Forslund L, Feinstein R, Plyusnin A.]
Summary
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We report the 1st detection of Seoul hantavirus (SEOV) in a pet rat in Sweden. SEOV-specific antibodies were detected in the pet rat blood by focus reduction neutralising test (FRNT), and SEOV RNA in lung tissue was confirmed by reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) followed by sequencing. The discovery follows the recent reports of SEOV infected pet
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