Epidemiological and Clinical Features of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Japan, 2013–2014

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 10; p. e0165207
• Main Authors: Kato, Hirofumi, Yamagishi, Takuya, Shimada, Tomoe, Matsui, Tamano, Shimojima, Masayuki, Saijo, Masayuki, Oishi, Kazunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 24.10.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abnormalities; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arachnids; Aspartate aminotransferase; Biology and Life Sciences; Bone marrow; C-reactive protein; Epidemiology; Fatalities; Female; Fever; Health aspects; Humans; Infections; Infectious diseases; Japan - epidemiology; L-Lactate dehydrogenase; Laboratories; Lactate dehydrogenase; Lactic acid; Male; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Mycoses; Neurophysiology; Observational studies; Patients; People and Places; Phlebotomus Fever - epidemiology; Physicians; Population Surveillance; Public health; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk analysis; Risk factors; RNA polymerase; Thrombocytopenia; Virology; South Korea; United States > US; China; Japan

Although severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) was first reported from Japan in 2013, the precise clinical features and the risk factors for SFTS have not been fully investigated in Japan. Ninety-six cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) were notified through the n...