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Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome, Vietnam

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  • Drug-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype does not develop mutation-conferred resistance to rifampin at an elevated rate

  • We describe autochthonous hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) from Vietnam, possible reservoir hosts, and the follow-up investigation, which implies the presence of a strain of Seoul virus (SEOV)

  • Further analysis using reverse transcription–PCR (RT-PCR) identified 2 SEOV strains from R. norvegicus and R. argentiventer captured in the patient’s house

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1. Filliol I, Driscoll JR, van Soolingen D, Kreiswirth BN, Kremer K, Valétudie G, et al Global distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes. Beijing/W genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis and drug resistance. Worldwide occurrence of Beijing/W strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review. Global dissemination of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis W-Beijing family strains [review].

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