네트워크에 걸려든 바이러스: 이호왕의 유행성출혈열 연구 = The Research Network in Ho Wang Lee's Hemorrhagic Fever Investigaion

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper aims to reveal the characteristics of the research network utilized during the 1970s and 1980s in Korea, in the hemorrhagic fever work performed by Ho Wang Lee (1928-present). Despite the relatively poor conditions affecting Korean scientific research, virologist Lee discovered a hemorrhagic fever agent called Hantaanvirus that many American, Soviet, and Japanese scientists had endeavored to find for years, without success. In this paper, I will argue that Lee overcame generally substandard Korean research standards and his own research limitations by establishing a competent and comprehensive research network. This research network was composed of national and international components, involving person, funds, facilities, materials, information and so on. I also will demonstrate that his research network evolved to levels of higher complexity, flexibility and interdependency among its components.