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Accession Number:
ADA191301
Title:
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (Korean Hemorrhagic Fever).
Descriptive Note:
Annual summary rept. 10 Feb 86-9 Feb 87,
Corporate Author:
KOREA UNIV SEOUL COLL OF MEDICINE
Report Date:
1987-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
51.0
Abstract:
Hantavirus is ubiquitous in the world but total number of reported HFRS patient in Euro-Asia is about 200,000 with 5-7 mortality annually. Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome HFRS was an important military problem since large epidemics of HFRS occurred among soldiers in the many past wars and although predominantly associated with field mice in rural areas, it is now being recognized that urban rats and laboratory rates are also reservoirs of HFRS in many parts of the world. Therefore, seroepidemiological survey of distribution of hantaviruses and surveillance of occurrence of HFRS in the world are important for prevention of this highly fatal disease. It is also important to investigate antigenic differences of strains of Hantavirus isolated from rats caught in non-endemic areas of the world because HFRS patient had never been documented in many areas despite our finding of positive rats there. A near global distribution of Hantavirus was demonstrated. HFRS patients infected with Seoul virus occurred in endemic and non-endemic ares of HFRS and the most characteristic clinical features are fever, headache, strong abdominal symptoms, hepatic dysfunction and mild renal dysfunction. Five strains of Seoul virus were isolated from urban rats caught in Hong Kong and Singapore and the strains are a little different antigenically from prototype Seoul virus 8039 by monoclonal antibody assay. Keywords ELISA, Bioassay Laboratory tests DiagnosisMedicine.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
