Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, Japan, 2013–2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kobayashi, Yusuke ; Kato, Hirofumi ; Yamagishi, Takuya ; Shimada, Tomoe ; Matsui, Tamano ; Yoshikawa, Tomoki ; Kurosu, Takeshi ; Shimojima, Masayuki ; Morikawa, Shigeru ; Hasegawa, Hideki ; Saijo, Masayuki ; Oishi, Kazunori
• Corporate Authors:
  SFTS Epidemiological Research Group Japan
• Description:
  We conducted an epidemiologic study of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in Japan during 2013-2017. Of 303 cases reported during that period, 133 (44%) were included in this study. The median time between onset of illness and diagnosis of SFTS shortened, from 11.5 to 3.0 days, but the case-fatality rate remained high, at 27%. In 64 patients (48%), a close contact with companion animals was reported within 2 weeks of disease onset. Of these 64 patients, 40 were surveyed further, and we confirmed that 3 had direct contact with body fluids of ill companion animals; 2 had direct contact with the saliva of an ill feral cat or pet dog. These patients reported no history of tick bite, suggesting that ill companion animals might be a source of SFTS virus transmission. Direct contact with the body fluids of ill companion animals should be avoided.
• Subjects:
  Companion Animal Epidemiology Huaiyangshan Banyangvirus Japan Phenuiviridae Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, Japan, 2013–2017 Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Sfts Sftsv Synopsis Tickborne Diseases Vector-Borne Infections Viruses Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(4):692-699
• Pubmed ID:
  32186502
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7101122
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dcaa627c1f94c3fe972b9c8d814dda1695b46d1060abfaafbd1462994989a2aa
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