Emerging and Re-emerging Virus Infections in Japan: Dengue Fever, Zika Virus Disease, and SFTS

• Published in: YAKUGAKU ZASSHI Vol. 140; no. 7; pp. 895 - 899
• Main Author: Saijo, Masayuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 01.07.2020
• Subjects: dengue fever; emerging virus infection; re-emerging virus infections; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; Zika virus infection

A sporadic but autochthonous dengue fever outbreak occurred in Tokyo in 2014, although the dengue virus is not in general circulation in Japan. Another lethal infectious disease, known as severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), was discovered to be endemic to Japan in January 2013. More...