Emerging hantavirus infection in wild rodents captured in suburbs of Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) caused by hantaviruses is a frequently reported acute hemorrhagic fever in South Korea. These viruses are transmitted by various rodent species such as Apodemus agrarius.

Methodology/principal findings

To investigate hantavirus infection and seroprevalence in rodents, wild rodents were captured from two districts in the suburbs of Gwangju Metropolitan City from January 2016 to December 2018. Nested reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) targeting the hantavirus-specific L segment and indirect immunofluorescence antibody (IFA) assay using Hantaan virus antigen slides were performed. A total of 585 wild rodents were captured-512 A. agrarius, 49 Crocidura lasiura, and 24 Myodes regulus. Nested RT-PCR was

SUBMITTER: Seo MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9223619 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature