Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, South Korea, 2012

By K. Kim, Jongyoun Yi, Gayeon Kim, S. Choi, K. Jun, Nak-Hyun Kim, P. G. Choe, N. Kim, Jong-Koo Lee, M. Oh. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013

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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.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases

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