Life-Threatening Sochi Virus Infections, Russia
oleh: Detlev H. Kruger, Evgeniy A. Tkachenko, Vyacheslav G. Morozov, Yulia V. Yunicheva, Olga M. Pilikova, Gennadiy Malkin, Aydar A. Ishmukhametov, Patrick Heinemann, Peter T. Witkowski, Boris Klempa, Tamara K. Dzagurova
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-12-01 |
Deskripsi
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%.