Hantavirus – Lectures in geography

Are you interested in geography? Then the geography of Hantavirus is an ideal topic to explore. Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) affected troops in several wars, including the war in Manchuria (12 ′600 cases among Japanese soldiers in 1930s), World War II (hundreds of cases among Finnish and German soldiers in Lapland and of Russians in Far East in 1940s), and the Korean War (3′200 cases among United Nations troops in 1950s). The causative agent was only isolated in 1978, by Ho-Wang Lee i n South Korea (near the Hantan River, also transcribed as Hantaan).
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Spotlight Source Type: research