Korean Hemorrhagic Fever.

Abstract

Korean hemorrhagic fever (KHF) occurred for the first time in Korea, 1951, although it had previously been known to both the Japanese and Russians. After Korean war, the disease has been fixed in the areas of DMZ as an endemic one, and from 100 to 400 cases have been being reportee every year. The aims of this project are (1) epidemiologic investigation of the disease in the civilian endemic areas (2) to isolate the causative agent of KHF (3) to demonstrate the etiologic agent and antibodies of KHF by fluorescent antibody technic. The number of patients and the areas of KHF in 1971 were studied extensively. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0745219

Entities

People

  • Ho Wang Lee

Organizations

  • Seoul National University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amino Acids Peptides And Proteins
  • Antibodies
  • Biomolecules
  • Biopolymers
  • Blood Proteins
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Immunoproteins
  • International Conflicts
  • International Relations
  • Korean War
  • Macromolecules
  • Molecules
  • Political Science
  • War

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).