Hantavirus in Cambodia

Overview

Cambodia is in the Asia hantavirus context. The country has documented circulation of SEOV (Seoul virus).

Reynes et al. first demonstrated Seoul-virus circulation in Cambodian Rattus populations in 2003. A 2011 multi-country EcoHealth survey found Seoul- and Thailand-virus-related sequences in Rattus and Bandicota across Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand. Country-specific human surveillance is limited.

Sources for the above: Reynes et al., Microbes Infect 2003 (evidence of Seoul virus in Cambodia) · Blasdell et al., EcoHealth 2011 (rodent-borne hantaviruses, Cambodia/Laos/Thailand)

Reservoir species

• Rattus norvegicus
• Rattus rattus
• Bandicota indica

Endemic strains

Signal trend (last 30 days)