Table 1. Summary of Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) patient information.
Patient | Site | Onset | Date of diagnosis | Date of sample collected | Date of outdoor activities | Type | IFA for HTNVa | RT-PCR for HTNVb | Ct value of HTNV | ||
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L segment (2,946–3,335) | M segment (1,970–2,342) | S segment (973–1,253) | |||||||||
ROKA 16–10 | Pocheon-si | Dec. 12, 2016 | Dec. 14, 2016 | Dec. 15, 2016 | Nov. 21, 2016 | Urine | <1:32 | - | + | + | 30.1 |
Serum | <1:32 | + | + | + | 29.1 | ||||||
ROKA 16–12 | Paju-si | Dec. 13, 2016 | Dec. 18, 2016 | Dec. 19, 2016 | Nov. 14, 2016 | Urine | 1:128 | + | + | - | 40 |
Serum | 1:512 | + | + | + | 35.8 | ||||||
ROKA 17–2 | Paju-si | Jan. 6, 2017 | Jan. 10, 2017 | Jan. 13, 2017 | Dec. 12–16, 2016 | Urine | 1:512 | - | + | - | 40 |
Jan. 11, 2017 | Serum | 1:512 | + | + | + | 35.4 | |||||
ROKA 17–15 | Yeoncheon-gun | Oct. 22, 2017 | Oct. 27, 2017 | Oct. 29, 2017 | Oct. 19, 2017 | Urine | 1:128 | - | + | + | 40 |
Oct. 27, 2017 | Serum | 1:512 | + | + | + | 31.3 |
IFA, indirect immunofluorescence antibody assay; RT-PCR, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; pos, positive; neg, negative; HTNV, Hantaan virus; ROKA, Republic of Korea Army.
aIndirect immunofluorescence antibody test for anti-HTNV IgG antibody.
bRT-PCR was performed using HTNV L, M, and S segment-specific outer and inner primer sets (17).