Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, Shandong Province, China, 2011

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wen, Hong-Ling ; Zhao, Li ; Zhai, Shenyong ; Chi, Yuanyuan ; Cui, Feng ; Wang, Dongxu ; Wang, Ling ; Wang, Zhiyu ; Wang, Qian ; Zhang, Shoufeng ; Liu, Yan ; Yu, Hao ; Yu, Xue-Jie
• Description:
  Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease in China. The incidence and clinical and laboratory characteristics of SFTS are not clearly defined. During May 22-October 2, 2011, a total of 24 patients with fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia were clinically diagnosed as having SFTS in Yiyuan County, Shandong Province, China. We conducted laboratory tests for these SFTS patients. SFTS virus (SFTSV) infection was confirmed in 22 patients by using reverse transcription PCR and ELISA by acute-phase and convalescent-phase serum samples. Clinical and laboratory manifestations included fever (100%), gastrointestinal symptoms (91%), myalgia (55%), chills (41%), thrombocytopenia (100%), and leukopenia (95%).
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Communicable Diseases, Emerging/epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging/history Female Fever/epidemiology Fever/virology Geography, Medical History, 21st Century Humans Leukopenia/epidemiology Leukopenia/virology Male Middle Aged Molecular Typing Phlebotomus Fever/epidemiology Phlebotomus Fever/history Phlebovirus Seasons Sentinel Surveillance Serotyping Synopsis Thrombocytopenia/epidemiology Thrombocytopenia/virology

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 20(1):1-5.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:84cf267346e73a441aa4f35944673f0337682161f931cee7b65caf0f4d36b148
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21655/cdc_21655_DS1.pdf
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