Hantavirus in Thailand

Overview

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

Thailand virus (THAIV) was characterised in 1994 from great bandicoot rats (Bandicota indica) in Nakhon Pathom and Nakhon Ratchasima provinces, and is genetically distinct from Hantaan and Seoul. Public-health impact in humans is not well established.

Sources for the above: Pattamadilok et al., Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006 (THAIV phylogeny + first human case) · Hugot et al., Virology Journal 2006 (genetic analysis, B. indica)

Reservoir species

• Rattus norvegicus
• Bandicota indica

Endemic strains

Signal trend (last 30 days)