HANTAVIRUS INFECTION IN THE OCEAN COASTLINE AREA OF KHABAROVSKY KRAI
Provided are the generalized data of long-term epizootological and sero-epidemiological research of hantavirus infection centers in the Vanisky and Sovetsko-Gavansky districts located on the oceanic coast of Khabarovsky Krai. Existence of dangerous, in terms of infection potential for humans, urban and natural hantavirus foci ecologically connected to Rattus Norvegicus and Apobemus Peninsulae respectively is documented. The first laboratory-confirmed case of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Sovetsko-Gavansky district has been registered.