Despite having been studied and isolated on
four continents (Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa) since the early 1980s,
rat-borne Seoul hantaviruses are only now being recognized globally as
important human pathogens. Recent reports from Europe and the United States
described Seoul hantavirus infection in pet rats and their breeders or owners,
implying the emergence of a "new" public health problem. Due to the
omnipresence of the rodent reservoir, the brown rat Rattus norvegicus, wild and
laboratory rat-induced Seoul hantavirus infections have been described since
the early 1980s. Recent research found no significant differences.
pathogenicity and phylogeny of pet rat-Seoul hantaviruses versus previously
described wild or laboratory rat counterparts The scarcity of diagnosed Seoul
virus-induced disease in the West contrasts sharply with the thousands of cases
recorded in the Far East since the 1980s, particularly in China. This review of
four continents (Asia, Europe, America, and Africa) puts this “emerging
infection” in historical context, concluding that greater medical awareness of
Seoul virus-induced human pathology is urgently needed in many parts of the
world. Given the majority of the milder and atypical Clinical presentation,
sometimes with preserved normal kidney function, emphasizes the importance of
simple urine examination, as initial, massive but transient proteinuria and
microhematuria are rarely absent. Many specific hantaviruses are now
recognized, thanks to increasingly sophisticated technology and increased
clinical awareness; however, SEOV remains the most widely distributed
hantavirus worldwide.
Author(s) Details
National Reference Centre for Hantaviruses, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, University Hospital of Leuven, Belg
James W. Le Duc
Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Graham Lloyd
Laboratory for Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, UK.
Jean-Marc Reynes
National Reference Centre for Hantaviruses, Unité de Biologie des Infections Virales Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Lorraine McElhinney
Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector Borne Diseases Group, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Surrey, UK.
Marc Van Ranst
National Reference Centre for Hantaviruses, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium.
Ho-Wang Lee
WHO Collaborating Centre for Hemorrhagic Fever with renal Syndrome, National Academy of Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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