Nosocomial Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Companion Animals, Japan, 2022

In Japan, 2 cats that underwent surgery in a room where a sick dog had been euthanized became ill within 9 days of surgery. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus was detected in all 3 animals; nucleotide sequence identity was 100%. Suspected cause was an uncleaned pulse oximeter probe us...

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Autores principales: Mekata, Hirohisa, Umeki, Kazumi, Yamada, Kentaro, Umekita, Kunihiko, Okabayashi, Tamaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9973679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36823498
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.220720
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Sumario:In Japan, 2 cats that underwent surgery in a room where a sick dog had been euthanized became ill within 9 days of surgery. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus was detected in all 3 animals; nucleotide sequence identity was 100%. Suspected cause was an uncleaned pulse oximeter probe used for all patients.

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