Mild Clinical Course of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection in an Elderly Japanese Patient

Mild Clinical Course of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection in an Elderly Japanese Patient

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious and hemorrhagic disease recently described in China and western Japan. A 71-year-old healthy Japanese woman noticed a tick biting her after harvesting in an orchard and removed it herself. She developed diarrhea, anorexia,...

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Main Authors: Yuko Ohagi, Shinobu Tamura, Chiaki Nakamoto, Hiromichi Nakamoto, Masayuki Saijo, Masayuki Shimojima, Yoshio Nakano, Tokuzo Fujimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/918135
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