Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in 4 US Soldiers, South Korea, 2005

Jin-Won Song

, Sung-Sil Moon¹, Se Hun Gu, Ki-Joon Song, Luck Ju Baek, Heung Chul Kim, Todd Kijek², Monica L. O’Guinn, John S. Lee, Michael J. Turell, and Terry A. Klein

Author affiliations: Korea University, Seoul, South Korea (J.-W. Song, S.-S. Moon, S.H. Gu, K.-J. Song, L.J. Baek); 65th Medical Brigade, Seoul (H.C. Kim, T. Kijek, T.A. Klein); US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA (M.L. O’Guinn, J.S. Lee, M.J. Turrell)

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Figure 1

Location of training sites where hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) patients 1–4 conducted training exercises 50 days before the onset of illness. Rodent surveillance was not conducted at Watkins Range due to limited exposure. DMZ, Demilitarized Zone; LTA, local training area; solid circles, military training sites of patient 1; solid squares, military training sites of patients 2, 3, 4; star, base camp.

Figure 1. Location of training sites where hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) patients 1–4 conducted training exercises 50 days before the onset of illness. Rodent surveillance was not conducted at Watkins Range due to limited exposure. DMZ, Demilitarized Zone; LTA, local training area; solid circles, military training sites of patient 1; solid squares, military training sites of patients 2, 3, 4; star, base camp.

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¹Current affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

²Current affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

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