Outside Asia, Seoul virus (SEOV) is an underestimated pathogen. In Germany, autochthonous SEOV-associated hantavirus disease has not been unequivocally diagnosed. We found clinical and molecular evidence for SEOV infection in a young woman; her pet rat was the source of infection.
Keywords: Germany; Seoul virus; hantavirus; hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; rats; renal failure; respiratory distress; viruses; zoonoses.