Current status of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in China

• Published in: Virologica Sinica Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 51 - 62
• Main Authors: Zhan, Jianbo, Wang, Qin, Cheng, Jing, Hu, Bing, Li, Jing, Zhan, Faxian, Song, Yi, Guo, Deyin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.02.2017; KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd
• Subjects: Animals; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Bunyaviridae Infections - diagnosis; Bunyaviridae Infections - epidemiology; Bunyaviridae Infections - pathology; Bunyaviridae Infections - virology; China; China - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology; death; diagnostic techniques; epidemiology; evolution; genes; genetic variation; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Huaiyangshan banyangvirus; Humans; Incidence; Infections; Infectious diseases; Insect Vectors - growth & development; Ixodidae - growth & development; Ixodidae - virology; Japan; Medical Microbiology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; mortality; Oncology; people; Phlebovirus - isolation & purification; public health; Review; risk; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; South Korea; Survival Analysis; Vaccines; Virology; China; South Korea; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS); severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV); Bunyaviridae

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome （SFTS） is an emerging infectious disease caused by SFTS virus （SFTSV）. SFTSV is associated with a high mortality rate and has been reported in China, South Korea and Japan. SFTSV undergoes rapid changes owing to evolution, gene mutations, and reassortment...