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Seoul virus infection in a Wisconsin patient with recent travel to China, March 2009: first documented case in the Midwestern United States.

Carrie F CF Nielsen, Vishal V Sethi, Andrew E AE Petroll, James J Kazmierczak, Bobbie R BR Erickson, Stuart T ST Nichol, Pierre E PE Rollin, and Jeffrey P JP Davis

Am J Trop Med Hyg 83(6):1266-8 (2010) PMID 21118933 PMCID PMC2990043

Diagnosis of Seoul virus-associated hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) cases among United States residents is rare. We describe confirmation of a Seoul virus infection in a 36-year-old scientist who worked with laboratory rats in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but most likely acquired the infection during a trip to Shenyang, China.

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0424
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