Hantavirus -- Worldwide/Unknown
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Recent reports from Europe and the USA described Seoul [SEOV] orthohantavirus infection in pet rats and their breeders/owners, suggesting the potential emergence of a "new" public health problem. Wild and laboratory rat-induced Seoul infections have, however, been described since the early 80s, due to the omnipresence of the rodent reservoir, the brown rat _Rattus norvegicus_. Recent studies showed no fundamental differences between the pathogenicity and phylogeny of pet
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