Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Oct;27(10):2704-2706. doi: 10.3201/eid2710.210268.
Seoul virus is a zoonotic pathogen carried by the brown rat Rattus norvegicus. Information on its circulation in Africa is limited. In this study, the virus was detected in 37.5% of brown rats captured in the Autonomous Port of Cotonou, Benin. Phylogenetic analyses place this virus in Seoul virus lineage 7.
首尔病毒是一种由褐家鼠(Rattus norvegicus)携带的人畜共患病病原体。关于其在非洲传播的信息有限。在本研究中,在贝宁科托努自治港捕获的褐家鼠中有 37.5%检测到该病毒。系统进化分析将该病毒置于首尔病毒谱系 7 中。