Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, South Korea, 2012

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

doi:10.3201/eid1911.130792

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Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, South Korea, 2012

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By Kim, Kye-Hyung ; Yi, Jongyoun ; Kim, Gayeon ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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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
Description:

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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Bunyavirus Dispatch Phlebovirus Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Viruses
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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(11):1892-1894.
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Journal Article
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Republic of Korea
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Asia
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19
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11
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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