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.

Keywords

• Hantavirus
• Hantaan virus
• hemorrhagic fever renal syndrome
• HFRS
• Apodemus agrarius
• military