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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
L J Jameson (
)<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, S K Taori<SUP>3</SUP>, B Atkinson<SUP>1</SUP>, P Levick<SUP>4</SUP>, C A Featherstone<SUP>5</SUP>, G van der Burgt<SUP>6</SUP>, N McCarthy<SUP>7</SUP>, J Hart<SUP>8</SUP>, J C Osborne<SUP>3</SUP>, A L Walsh<SUP>9</SUP>, T J Brooks<SUP>3</SUP>, R Hewson<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Jameson LJ, Taori SK, Atkinson B, Levick P, Featherstone CA, van der Burgt G, McCarthy N, Hart J, Osborne JC, Walsh AL, Brooks TJ, Hewson R. Pet rats as a source of hantavirus in England and Wales, 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(9)
ii=20415. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20415
Date of submission: 21 February 2013 <HR>We report the detection of a strain of Seoul hantavirus (SEOV) in pet rats in England and Wales. The discovery followed an investigation of a case of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Wales. Hantavirus RNA was detected via real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and classic RT-PCR in pet rats belonging to the patient. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis confirmed the virus to be a SEOV that is similar, but not identical, to a previously reported United Kingdom strain from wild rats.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 9, 28 February 2013
Rapid communications
Pet rats as a source of hantavirus in England and Wales, 2013
Rapid communications
Pet rats as a source of hantavirus in England and Wales, 2013
L J Jameson (
- Virology and Pathogenesis, Microbiology Services, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Rare and Imported Pathogens Department, Microbiology Services, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Biological Investigations Group, Microbiology Services, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Thirsk, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Luddington, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
- Thames Valley Health Protection Unit, Centre for Radiation, Chemical & Environmental Hazards, Health Protection Agency, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Public Health Wales, Health Protection Team, Flintshire, United Kingdom
- Gastrointestinal, Emerging and Zoonotic Infections Department, Health Protection Services, Health Protection Agency Colindale, London, United Kingdom
Citation style for this article: Jameson LJ, Taori SK, Atkinson B, Levick P, Featherstone CA, van der Burgt G, McCarthy N, Hart J, Osborne JC, Walsh AL, Brooks TJ, Hewson R. Pet rats as a source of hantavirus in England and Wales, 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(9)
ii=20415. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20415 Date of submission: 21 February 2013 <HR>We report the detection of a strain of Seoul hantavirus (SEOV) in pet rats in England and Wales. The discovery followed an investigation of a case of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Wales. Hantavirus RNA was detected via real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and classic RT-PCR in pet rats belonging to the patient. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis confirmed the virus to be a SEOV that is similar, but not identical, to a previously reported United Kingdom strain from wild rats.