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Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, South Korea, 2012
Emerging infectious diseases · 2013 · Vol. 19(11) · pp. 1892–4
Kye-Hyung Kim✉(Pusan National University)Jongyoun Yi(Seoul National University)Gayeon Kim(Pusan National University)Su Jin Choi(Pusan National University)Kang Il Jun(Pusan National University)Nak‐Hyun Kim(Pusan National University)Pyoeng Gyun Choe(Pusan National University)Nam Joong Kim(Seoul National University)Jong‐Koo Lee(Pusan National University)Myoung‐don Oh(Seoul National University)
Abstract
We report a retrospectively identified fatal case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in South Korea from 2012. SFTS virus was isolated from the stored blood of the patient. Phylogenetic analysis revealed this isolate was closely related to SFTS virus strains from China and Japan.
Viral Infections and VectorsViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchVector-Borne Animal DiseasesSevere fever with thrombocytopenia syndromePhlebovirusMedicineVirologyVirusPhylogenetic treeBiologyBunyaviridaeGenetics
MeSH terms
FemaleFeverHumansMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenySyndromeThrombocytopeniaGenome, ViralPhlebovirusRepublic of Korea
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