title: [Epidemiological survey of epidemic haemorrhagic fever in Xianning County].
abstract: The incidence, distribution pattern and trend of disease spreading of EHF in Xianning Country, Hubei province during 1971-1985 are described. Serologic study showed that the serum antigen positivity rate was 12.90% for Apodemus Agragrius and 6.67% for Rattus Norvegicus and that the serum antibody positivity rate was 61.54% in FHF patients and 30.85% in the exposed contacts of the patients' families in the epidemic area. In 1985, the HFRS virus A24 was isolated from Apodemus Agragrius and identified.
authors.affiliation: Xianning Branch of Hubei Medical College.
authors.forename: X F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae / Q000382:microbiology; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral