Life-Threatening Sochi Virus Infections, Russia

201522 citationsJournal Articlediamond Open Access

Authors

Detlev H. Krüger · Samara State Medical University

Е. А. Ткаченко · Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides

Vyacheslav Morozov · Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides

Yulia V. Yunicheva · Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

O. M. Pilikova · Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides

Gennadiy A. Malkin · Rostov-on-Don Anti-plague Institute Rospotrebnadzor

Abstract

Sochi virus was recently identified as a new hantavirus genotype carried by the Black Sea field mouse, Apodemus ponticus. We evaluated 62 patients in Russia with Sochi virus infection. Most clinical cases were severe, and the case-fatality rate was as high as 14.5%.

Topics & Keywords

Viral Infections and Vectors Mosquito-borne diseases and control Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 21, Issue 12, pp. 2204-2208

DOI: 10.3201/eid2112.150891

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