Revealing the secrets of hantovirusnoy infection: discovery and study of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in the Far East
The discovery and study of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in the Far East of the country coincided with the development of the region and the construction of the Pacific Fleet. The ship's healers will and doctors of the Vladivostok Maritime Hospital were the first who drew attention to an unknown infection with acute onset, fever, intoxication and specific renal disease. This article describes the first experiments of doctors Vladivostok hospital for the study and description of the sporadic cases and outbreaks of hemorrhagic - a disease which today occupies a leading position among zoonotic viral infections, one of the highest among all human natural focal disease and occurs worldwide.