All hantavirus cases in Seoul
Live, source-cited map of every documented hantavirus outbreak from 1993 to 2026. Curated from WHO, CDC, ECDC, PAHO, and peer-reviewed literature.
Open the live map focused on Seoul →This page tracks documented hantavirus outbreaks reported in or near Seoul. Each event on the map is verified against primary sources before publication. Hantavirus exposure in urban centres is rare but reported — most clusters originate from peri-urban or rural rodent contact and are subsequently identified at urban hospitals.
Click any marker for source-cited detail, or open the live map to scrub the timeline and filter by pathogen species (Andes, Sin Nombre, Hantaan, Puumala, Seoul, Dobrava, Choclo, Laguna Negra). Educational use only — not medical advice.
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How we verify data
Every event entry is constructed from verbatim quotes in primary sources. We do not estimate; where a numeric claim cannot be verified against an open-access tier-1 source, we record zero. Tier-1 sources: WHO, CDC, ECDC, PAHO, national health ministries. Tier-2: ProMED-mail, CIDRAP, peer-reviewed papers. Tier-3 (queues for manual review): major science journalism (Reuters, AP, BBC).
Hantavirus species at a glance
Hantavirus is a family of rodent-borne RNA viruses (Hantaviridae). The clinically important species split between Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (Andes, Sin Nombre, Bayou, Black Creek Canal, Choclo, Laguna Negra) and Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (Hantaan, Puumala, Seoul, Dobrava). Case-fatality varies dramatically by species — from <0.5 % for Puumala to ~30–40 % for Andes and Sin Nombre.