Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, South Korea, 2012

We report a retrospectively identified fatal case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in South Korea from 2012. SFTS virus was isolated from the stored blood of the patient. Phylogenetic analysis revealed this isolate was closely related to SFTS virus strains from China and Japan.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kim, Kye-Hyung, Yi, Jongyoun, Kim, Gayeon, Choi, Su Jin, Jun, Kang Il, Kim, Nak-Hyun, Choe, Pyoeng Gyun, Kim, Nam-Joong, Lee, Jong-Koo, Oh, Myoung-don
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3837670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24206586
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.130792
Descripción
Sumario:We report a retrospectively identified fatal case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in South Korea from 2012. SFTS virus was isolated from the stored blood of the patient. Phylogenetic analysis revealed this isolate was closely related to SFTS virus strains from China and Japan.

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