Transcript History  Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS: later renamed hantavirus disease) first came to the attention of the West during the Korean war.

History
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Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS: later
renamed hantavirus disease) first came to the attention of the
West during the Korean war when over 3000 UN troops were
afflicted.
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It transpired that the disease was not new and had been
described by the Chinese 1000 years earlier.
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In 1974, the causative was isolated from the Korean Stripped
field mice and was called Hantaan virus.
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In 1995, a new disease entity called hantavirus pulmonary
syndrome was described in the “four corners” region of the U.S.