Acronyms that contain the term seoul virus 

seoul virus

Seoul orthohantavirus (SEOV) is a member of the Orthohantavirus family of rodent-borne viruses and is one of the 4 hantaviruses that are known to be able to cause Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). It is an Old World hantavirus; a negative sense, single-stranded, tri-segmented RNA virus. Seoul virus is found in Rattus species rats, most commonly Rattus norvegicus, but occasionally Rattus rattus. The two distinct hantaviruses have been identified in Korea in 1976, from Apodemus agrarius, and in 1980, from Rattus norvegicus. In 1994, a genetically different hantavirus was identified from Apodemus peninsulae. Rats do not show physiological symptoms when carrying the virus, but humans can be infected through exposure to infected rodent body fluids (blood, saliva, urine), exposure to aerosolized rat excrement, or bites from infected rats. When rodent bedding or urine is stirred up by either natural causes or human-caused disturbances, small particles are made to be airborne. This can be breathed in and cause an infection in humans. There is currently no evidence of human-to-human transmission of SEOV, only rodent-human transmission.Seoul virus was first described by Dr. Lee Ho-Wang (Ho-Wang Lee), a Korean virologist. As the infection was first found in an apartment in Seoul, the virus was named "Seoul Virus".

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