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Clin Infect Dis
; 54(1): e1-4, 2012 Jan 01.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22042875
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.
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome/complications , Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome/virology , Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome/complications , Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome/virology , Orthohantavirus/isolation & purification , Cluster Analysis , Fatal Outcome , Female , Orthohantavirus/classification , Orthohantavirus/genetics , Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome/mortality , Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome/pathology , Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome/mortality , Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome/pathology , Humans , Middle Aged , Molecular Sequence Data , Phylogeny , RNA, Viral/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Virus Cultivation