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Human Case of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection, Taiwan, 2019

Authors :
Shih-Huan Peng
Su-Lin Yang
Shih-En Tang
Tzy-Chen Wang
Tung-Chien Hsu
Chien-Ling Su
Meng-Yu Chen
Masayuki Shimojima
Tomoki Yoshikawa
Pei-Yun Shu
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 7, Pp 1612-1614 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020.

Abstract

We report on a 70-year-old man with fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, vomiting, malaise, dyspnea, and consciousness disturbance who was infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in northern Taiwan, 2019. This autochthonous case was confirmed by reverse transcription PCR, virus isolation, and genomic sequencing.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
26
Issue :
7
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f7dcc29eef4942799d3bb6b2edc48471
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200104