Genetic characterization of Seoul virus in the seaport of Cotonou, Benin Castel G. auteur aut IRD Kant R. auteur aut IRD Badou S. auteur aut IRD Etougbetche J. auteur aut IRD Dossou H. J. auteur aut IRD Gauthier Philippe auteur aut IRD Houemenou G. auteur aut IRD Smura T. auteur aut IRD Sironen T. auteur aut IRD Dobigny Gauthier auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Seoul virus is a zoonotic pathogen carried by the brown rat Rattus norvegicus. Information on its circulation in Africa is limited. In this study, the virus was detected in 37.5% of brown rats captured in the Autonomous Port of Cotonou, Benin. Phylogenetic analyses place this virus in Seoul virus lineage 7. specialized BENIN COTONOU 052 080 Emerging Infectious Diseases 27 10 2704-2710 2021 1080-6040 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083306 10.3201/eid2710.210268 1080-6040 [F B010083306] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083306 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2021-12/010083306.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2021-12-03 2025-02-24 fdi:010083306 fre