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korean hemorrhagic fever

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epidemic hemorrhagic fever  
n.  A form of hemorrhagic fever endemic to northeastern Asia that is caused by a hantavirus and characterized in its later stages by hemorrhage, shock, and kidney failure. Also called Korean hemorrhagic fever.
Korean hemorrhagic fever  
n.  See epidemic hemorrhagic fever.
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Main Entry: Korean hemorrhagic fever
Function: noun
: a hemorrhagic fever that is endemic to Asia and especially to Korea, Manchuria, and Siberia, is caused by theHantaan virus, and is characterized by acute renal failure in addition to the usual symptoms of the hemorrhagic fevers called also epidemic hemorrhagic fever
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Korean hemorrhagic fever Ko·re·an hemorrhagic fever (kə-rē'ən, kô-)
n.
See epidemic hemorrhagic fever.

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