TY - JOUR
T1 - Human infection with seoul orthohantavirus in Korea, 2019
AU - Kang, Changmin
AU - Kim, Jin Il
AU - Lee, Jungmin
AU - Bae, Seongman
AU - Kim, Min Jae
AU - Song, Ki-Joon
AU - Song, Jin Won
AU - Kim, Sung Han
AU - Park, Man Seong
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by grants from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea (Grant No. NRF-2017M3A9E4061995; M.-S.P.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Kang et al.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Of various rodent-borne hantaviruses, Seoul orthohantavirus (SEOV) causes haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), as does Hantaan orthohantavirus (HTNV). Given global-scale of cases of human infection with SEOV, it is of great clinical importance to distinguish SEOV from other HFRS-causing hantaviruses. In May 2019, a middle-aged patient who had lived in a suburban area of Chungcheong Province, Republic of Korea and enjoyed outdoor activities was transferred to Asan Medical Center in Seoul, Republic of Korea with HFRS; his symptoms included high fever and generalized myalgia. The rapid diagnostic test performed immediately after his transfer detected HTNV-specific antibodies, and the patient was treated accordingly. However, two consecutive IFAs performed at ten-day intervals showed no HTNV-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) G. During continuous supportive care, next-generation sequencing successfully identified viral genomic sequences in the patient’s serum, which were SEOV and not HTNV. Phylogenetic analysis grouped the L, M, and S genes of this SEOV strain together with those of rat-or human-isolated Korean strains reported previously. Given global outbreaks and public health threats of zoonotic hantavi-ruses, a causative pathogen of hantavirus HFRS should be identified correctly at the time of diagnosis and by point-of-care testing.
AB - Of various rodent-borne hantaviruses, Seoul orthohantavirus (SEOV) causes haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), as does Hantaan orthohantavirus (HTNV). Given global-scale of cases of human infection with SEOV, it is of great clinical importance to distinguish SEOV from other HFRS-causing hantaviruses. In May 2019, a middle-aged patient who had lived in a suburban area of Chungcheong Province, Republic of Korea and enjoyed outdoor activities was transferred to Asan Medical Center in Seoul, Republic of Korea with HFRS; his symptoms included high fever and generalized myalgia. The rapid diagnostic test performed immediately after his transfer detected HTNV-specific antibodies, and the patient was treated accordingly. However, two consecutive IFAs performed at ten-day intervals showed no HTNV-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) G. During continuous supportive care, next-generation sequencing successfully identified viral genomic sequences in the patient’s serum, which were SEOV and not HTNV. Phylogenetic analysis grouped the L, M, and S genes of this SEOV strain together with those of rat-or human-isolated Korean strains reported previously. Given global outbreaks and public health threats of zoonotic hantavi-ruses, a causative pathogen of hantavirus HFRS should be identified correctly at the time of diagnosis and by point-of-care testing.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009168
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009168
M3 - Article
C2 - 33617577
AN - SCOPUS:85102607267
VL - 15
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
JF - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
SN - 1935-2727
IS - 2
M1 - e0009168
ER -