Isolation of Sochi Virus From a Fatal Case of Hantavirus Disease With Fulminant Clinical Course

Sochi virus, a novel genetic variant of Dobrava-Belgrade virus, was isolated in cell culture from a fulminant lethal case of hantavirus disease presenting with shock and combined kidney and lung failure. Sochi virus is transmitted to humans from host reservoir Apodemus ponticus and must be considere...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical infectious diseases 2012, Vol.54 (1), p.e1-e4
Hauptverfasser: Dzagurova, Tamara K., Witkowski, Peter T., Tkachenko, Evgeniy A., Klempa, Boris, Morozov, Vyacheslav G., Auste, Brita, Zavora, Dmitriy L., Iunicheva, Iulia V., Mutnih, Elena S., Kruger, Detlev H.
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Zusammenfassung:Sochi virus, a novel genetic variant of Dobrava-Belgrade virus, was isolated in cell culture from a fulminant lethal case of hantavirus disease presenting with shock and combined kidney and lung failure. Sochi virus is transmitted to humans from host reservoir Apodemus ponticus and must be considered a life-threatening emerging agent. Sochi virus, a novel genetic variant of Dobrava-Belgrade virus, was isolated in cell culture from a fulminant lethal case of hantavirus disease presenting with shock and combined kidney and lung failure. Sochi virus is transmitted to humans from host reservoir Apodemus ponticus and must be considered a life-threatening emerging agent.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/cir746