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Increased Prevalence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Eastern China Clustered with Multiple Genotypes and Reasserted Virus during 2010-2015.
Scientific reports - 26 Jul 2017
Li Zhifeng, Hu Jianli, Cui Lunbiao, Hong Ye, Liu Jianwei, Li Pengfei, Guo Xiling, Liu Wendong, Wang Xiaochen, Qi Xian, Wu Bin, Feng Zhi, Shen Aihua, Liu Xuejian, Zhao Hongjun, Tan Wenwen, Zhou Jiangang, Xing Zheng, Bao Changjun
Abstract excerpt
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a novel tick-borne viral disease with high mortality. Since January 2010, we have conducted an epidemiological surveillance and etiological study of SFTS in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. From January 2010 through December 2015, a total of 286 SFTS cases were confirmed in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces with a case fatality rate of 16.1%. The majority of confirmed...
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