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Lee, Lee and Johnson: the etiologic agent of Korean hemorrhagic fever

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Infectious disease and microbiology · EMPIRICAL

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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.

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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.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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