Sanskrit in scientific terminology

[Giridhar R Akkaraju]

> 
> When I first heard that a family of deadly viruses was called
> "hantaviruses" I thought... but no, the etymology seems to be Navaho.
> 
> 						-Peter D. Banos
> 						pdb1 at columbia.edu

I believe that Hantaviruses were named after a place in Korea (Hantan (?))
where an earlier outbreak of a virus with symptoms similar to the four
corners area virus was first seen - I think during the Korean War. 

giri