Sochi virus was recently identified as a new hantavirus genotype carried by the Black Sea field mouse, Apodemus ponticus. We evaluated 62 patients in Russia with Sochi virus infection. Most clinical cases were severe, and the case-fatality rate was as high as 14.5%.
Keywords: Apodemus ponticus; Hantavirus; Russia; Sochi virus; hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; viruses.