Hantavirus in Asia: source-linked public-health context

HantaMap's East Asia coverage currently includes reviewed South Korea KDCA, Taiwan CDC, and Hong Kong CHP reference markers. They are source-linked country/territory-level public-health context markers, not a claim that HantaMap covers every relevant source across Asia.

Readers should treat the East Asia markers as careful pointers to reviewed public-health reference material. They are not individual case geography, local exposure sites, or HantaMap-produced counts.

KDCA is used by HantaMap as a reviewed South Korea public-health reference. The marker connected to this source is intentionally broad: it uses a country-level South Korea centroid as a visual anchor for source-linked context.

This source can help readers understand official public-health framing around hantavirus/HFRS references in South Korea. HantaMap does not convert the KDCA page into local exposure points, patient geography, or HantaMap-authored totals.

Taiwan CDC is used by HantaMap as a reviewed Taiwan public-health reference. The marker connected to this source is intentionally broad: it uses a Taiwan-level centroid as a visual anchor for source-linked context.

The Taiwan CDC page can help readers understand official public-health framing around Hantavirus Syndrome, HFRS/HPS, and Taiwan-level surveillance-reference context. HantaMap does not convert the page into local exposure points, individual geography, or HantaMap-authored totals.

Hong Kong CHP is used by HantaMap as a reviewed Hong Kong public-health reference. The marker connected to this source is intentionally broad: it uses a Hong Kong centroid as a visual anchor for source-linked context.

The CHP page can help readers understand official Hong Kong public-health background around hantavirus infection. HantaMap does not convert the page into district points, local exposure points, individual geography, or HantaMap-authored totals.

Hantaan and Seoul virus context may appear in official and public-health references about hantaviruses in East Asia. HantaMap treats this as background terminology and source context, not as a basis for tracking people or drawing exact local exposure geography.

Where a source includes disease-history or virus-name context, HantaMap keeps the public explanation conservative: source-linked reference material first, broad geography only, and no medical decision-making guidance.

HantaMap's candidate library includes China CDC Weekly as a reviewed Learn/source-library background reference for China and East Asia HFRS / hantavirus diversity context. It is source-linked background, not complete Asia coverage, not live case tracking, and not a HantaMap case count. WHO and other official or public-health references may be added as source-library or Learn references first; promotion to public map markers requires a separate source, geography, and safety review.

Candidate status does not mean reviewed public map coverage. New Asia references should be evaluated one by one for source quality, safe geography, wording risk, and whether they belong on the public map at all.

The South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong markers use broad country/territory centroids. Marker positions are visual anchors for source context, not precise case locations, local exposure locations, household locations, or clinical records.

Read each marker together with its source title, safety label, linked official reference, and HantaMap's methodology. If future Asia sources are accepted, they should follow the same conservative source-linked review process.