Seoul virus


Seoul virus

a species of Hantavirus in the Far East causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. [the virus was named after Seoul in South Korea, the city where it was first isolated.]
A distinct regional member of the Hantavirus group isolated from a rodent reservoir, the domestic (Norwegian) rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Seoul vi·rus

(sōl vī'rŭs) A species of Hantavirus in Asia causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. [The virus was named after Seoul in South Korea, the city where it was first isolated.]

Seoul,

city in Korea where the virus was first isolated. Seoul virus - a species of Hantavirus causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.