What changed
Isolated and serially propagated in striped field mice the etiologic agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever, with patient-serum evidence linking the agent to disease.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact 1978 Journal of Infectious Diseases paper. Later naming as Hantaan virus, cell-culture methods, hantavirus taxonomy and subsequent epidemiology remain separate.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1978 Journal of Infectious Diseases paper. Later naming as Hantaan virus, cell-culture methods, hantavirus taxonomy and subsequent epidemiology remain separate.
Contributors
- H. W. Lee · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- P. W. Lee · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- K. M. Johnson · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- PubMed record for the Korean hemorrhagic fever agent
- Crossref record for Korean hemorrhagic fever agent
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