Clinical Characteristics and Diagnostic Prediction of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Rickettsiosis in the Co-Endemic Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Clinical Characteristics and Diagnostic Prediction of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome and Rickettsiosis in the Co-Endemic Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

<i>Background and Objectives</i>: The Wakayama prefecture is endemic for two types of tick-borne rickettsioses: Japanese spotted fever (JFS) and scrub typhus (ST). Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a tick-borne hemorrhagic viral disease with a high mortality rate and...

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Main Authors: Kan Teramoto, Shinobu Tamura, Kikuaki Yoshida, Yukari Inada, Yusuke Yamashita, Masaya Morimoto, Toshiki Mushino, Daisuke Koreeda, Kyohei Miyamoto, Nobuhiro Komiya, Yoshio Nakano, Yusaku Takagaki, Yusuke Koizumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-11-01
Series:Medicina
Subjects:
tick-borne infections
severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
rickettsiosis
Japanese spotted fever
scrub typhus
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/11/2024

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