Soochong virus (SOOV) is a
zoonotic
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negative sense single-stranded RNA virus. It may be a member of the genus ''
Orthohantavirus
''Orthohantavirus'' is a genus of viruses that includes all hantaviruses (family ''Hantaviridae'') that cause disease in humans. Orthohantaviruses, hereafter referred to as hantaviruses, are naturally found primarily in rodents. In general, each ...
'', but it has not be definitively classified as a
species
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and may only be a
strain.
It is one of four rodent-borne Hantaviruses found in the
Republic of Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
. It is the etiologic agent for
Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). The other species responsible for HFRS in Korea are Seoul virus, Haantan virus, and Muju virus.
Soochong was isolated from four Korean field mice (''
Apodemus peninsulae'') captured in August 1997 at
Mt. Gyebang in
Hongcheon-gun,
Mt. Gachil,
Inje-gun
Inje County () is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea. It has the lowest population density of any South Korean county. The county seat is Inje-eup, which located near the center of the county.
History
Inje is located in the north of Gang ...
,
Gangwon Province, and in September 1998 at
Mt. Deogyu,
Muju-gun,
Jeollabuk Province.
Transmission
This species of Hantavirus has not been shown to transfer from person-to-person. Transmission by
aerosolized
Aerosolization is the process or act of converting some physical substance into the form of particles small and light enough to be carried on the air i.e. into an aerosol. Aerosolization refers to a process of intentionally oxidatively converting a ...
rodent excreta still remains the only known way the virus is transmitted to humans. In general, drop-let and/or fomite transfer has not been shown in the hantaviruses in either the hemorrhagic or pulmonary forms.
See also
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Conjunctival suffusion
Conjunctival suffusion is an eye finding occurring early in leptospirosis, which is caused by '' Leptospira interrogans''. Conjunctival suffusion is characterized by redness of the conjunctiva that resembles conjunctivitis, but it does not invol ...
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List of cutaneous conditions
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Sweating sickness
Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or ''sudor anglicus'' in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning i ...
, which may have been caused by a hantavirus
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1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak
The 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak was an outbreak of Orthohantavirus, hantavirus disease in the United States in the Four Corners region of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. Hantaviruses that cause disease in humans are native to roden ...
References
External links
Sloan Science and Film / Short Films / Muerto Canyonby Jen Peel 29 minutes
by Brian Hjelle, M.D., Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico
Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Bunyaviridae
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Viral diseases
Hantaviridae
Hemorrhagic fevers
Rodent-carried diseases
Biological agents