Seoul hantavirus could be an etiology of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in Colombia?

Hantaviruses are classified in two major groups called “Old World'' and “New World'' hantaviruses due to the geographic distribution of their rodent reservoirs (1). Old World hantaviruses (e.g. Hantaan, Seoul, Puumala viruses among others) cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), whereas New World hantaviruses (e.g. Sin Nombre, Andes viruses among others) mainly target the lung causing hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) (1).Seoul virus (SEOV), an “Old World'' hantavirus, is moreover the only hantavirus member detected in many countries around the world (2), and infection in urban areas is mainly transmitted to humans by synanthropic rodent species from Rattus genus (like Rattus novergicus), however, other forms of infections as intra-laboratory-acquired cases have been reported (3)