Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients
The cases of two patients (a husband and wife) with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) are reported herein. Both patients had a history of recent tick bite and displayed typical clinical SFTS symptoms including fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia. The diagnosis was laboratory-confirmed by the prov...
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| description | The cases of two patients (a husband and wife) with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) are reported herein. Both patients had a history of recent tick bite and displayed typical clinical SFTS symptoms including fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia. The diagnosis was laboratory-confirmed by the provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The husband died while the wife survived. SFTS virus was eventually identified in ticks collected from the couple. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1795e10d7f140a08cfc432ee3ce6cf52022-12-21T21:09:37ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112014-12-0129C828310.1016/j.ijid.2014.09.008Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patientsMengmei WangJinjing ZuoKe HuThe cases of two patients (a husband and wife) with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) are reported herein. Both patients had a history of recent tick bite and displayed typical clinical SFTS symptoms including fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia. The diagnosis was laboratory-confirmed by the provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The husband died while the wife survived. SFTS virus was eventually identified in ticks collected from the couple.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214016464Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndromeNovel bunyavirusTick |
| spellingShingle | Mengmei Wang Jinjing Zuo Ke Hu Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients International Journal of Infectious Diseases Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome Novel bunyavirus Tick |
| title | Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients |
| title_full | Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients |
| title_fullStr | Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients |
| title_short | Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients |
| title_sort | identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients |
| topic | Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome Novel bunyavirus Tick |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214016464 |
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