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Main Entry: Korean hemorrhagic fever
Function: noun
: a hemorrhagic fever that is endemic to Asia and especially Korea, Manchuria, and Siberia, is caused by the Hantaan 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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