A Patient with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) Infected from a Sick Dog with SFTS Virus Infection

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 423 - 426
• Main Authors: Oshima, Hiroaki, Okumura, Hironobu, Maeda, Ken, Ishijima, Keita, Yoshikawa, Tomoki, Kurosu, Takeshi, Fukushi, Shuetsu, Shimojima, Masayuki, Saijo, Masayuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee 31.07.2022; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Anorexia; Antibodies; Arthralgia; Blood cells; dog-to-human infection; Dogs; domesticated dogs; Eating disorders; Fever; Immunoglobulin M; Infections; Lethargy; Leukopenia; Nausea; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; SFTS; SFTS virus; Signs and symptoms; Thrombocytopenia; Ticks; Viruses; Vomiting; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; domesticated dogs, dog-to-human infection; SFTS; SFTS virus

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) caused by Dabie bandavirus (formerly SFTS virus, SFTSV), which belongs to the Bandavirus genus (formerly Phlebovirus genus) of the Phenuiviridae family (formerly Bunyaviridae family), is a tick-borne novel bunyavirus infection with high rates of mor...