Hantaan virus
/hanˈtɑːn ˌvʌɪrəs/Virology and Medicine
noun
The hantavirus that causes Korean haemorrhagic fever in humans, the natural host of which is the striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The Lancet. From Hantaan, the name of a river in Korea + virus.
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