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Hantaan virus

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Hantaan virus,
a virus of the genus Hantavirus that causes severe epidemic hemorrhagic fever (Korean hemorrhagic fever) in Asia. See also Hantavirus.


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Although 7 sero/genotypes of hantaviruses have been identified in China (8-11), only Hantaan virus (HTNV), which is carried by striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius), and Seoul virus (SEOV), which is carried by Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus), are known to cause HFRS in China (4,5,8).
1% for HFRS caused by Puumala virus to 5-10% for HFRS caused by the Hantaan virus.
Virologists named it the Hantaan virus for the river in Korea, an epidemic focus.
 
 
 
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