Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Patients Suspected of Having Scrub Typhus

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 22; no. 11; pp. 1992 - 1995
• Main Authors: Wi, Yu Mi, Woo, Hye In, Park, Dahee, Lee, Keun Hwa, Kang, Cheol-In, Chung, Doo Ryeon, Peck, Kyong Ran, Song, Jae-Hoon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.11.2016; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Aged; Biomarkers; Bites and stings; Coinfection - epidemiology; Communicable diseases; Comorbidity; Dispatch; Female; Health aspects; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; mite; Orientia tsutsugamushi - classification; Orientia tsutsugamushi - genetics; Phlebotomus Fever - diagnosis; Phlebotomus Fever - epidemiology; Phlebotomus Fever - virology; Phlebovirus - classification; Phlebovirus - genetics; Population Surveillance; Prevalence; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Risk factors; Scrub typhus; Scrub Typhus - diagnosis; Scrub Typhus - epidemiology; Scrub Typhus - microbiology; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Patients Suspected of Having Scrub Typhus; Thrombocytopenia; tick; vector; vector-borne infections; South Korea; China; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; South Korea; viruses; vector-borne infections; bacteria; vector; tick; mite; scrub typhus; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2211.160597

To determine prevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in South Korea, we examined serum samples from patients with fever and insect bite history in scrub typhus-endemic areas. During the 2013 scrub typhus season, prevalence of this syndrome among patients suspected of having scrub typhus was high (23.0%), suggesting possible co-infection.