title: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in 4 US soldiers, South Korea, 2005.
abstract: Four US soldiers acquired hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome while training near the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, in 2005. Hantaan virus sequences were amplified by reverse transcription-PCR from patient serum samples and from lung tissues of striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius) captured at training sites. Epidemiologic investigations specified the ecology of possible sites of patient infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, 126-1, 5Ka, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-705, South Korea. jwsong@korea.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jin Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Sung Sil
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Se Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Ki Joon
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Luck Ju
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Heung Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kijek
authors.forename: Monica L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: O'Guinn
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Turell
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D004199:Disease Vectors; D018063:Hantaan virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D051189:Murinae / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral