Seoul Virus Infection in Humans, France, 2014–2016

Jean-Marc Reynes (1) , Damien Carli (1) , Jean-Baptiste Bour (2) , Samir Boudjeltia (2) , Anny Dewilde (3) , Guillaume Gerbier (4) , Timothée Nussbaumer (5) , Véronique Jacomo (6) , Marie-Pierre Rapt (7) , Pierre Rollin (8) , Alexandra Septfons (9)

1 UBIVE - Biologie des Infections Virales Émergentes - Biology of Emerging Viral Infections
2 Laboratoire de sérologie-virologie (CHU de Dijon)
3 Laboratoire de Virologie
4 DDCSPP Colmar - Direction Départementale de la Cohésion Sociale et de la Protection des Populations [Colmar]
5 Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar
6 Eurofins Biomnis
7 CHU Bar le Duc
8 CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Atlanta]
9 INVS - Institut de Veille Sanitaire

We report detection of Seoul virus in 3 patients in France over a 2-year period. These patients accounted for 3 of the 4 Seoul virus infections among 434 hantavirus infections (1.7%) reported during this time. More attention should be given to this virus in Europe where surveillance has been focused mostly on Puumala and Dobrava-Belgrade hantaviruses.

Keywords: France; viruses; humans; brown rats; infection; hantavirus; Seoul virus; zoonoses; Rattus norvegicus

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Jean-Marc Reynes, Damien Carli, Jean-Baptiste Bour, Samir Boudjeltia, Anny Dewilde, et al.. Seoul Virus Infection in Humans, France, 2014–2016. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017, 23 (6), pp.973 - 977. ⟨10.3201/eid2306.160927⟩. ⟨pasteur-01834375⟩