Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, South Korea, 2012

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Nov;19(11):1892-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1911.130792.

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.

Keywords: South Korea; bunyavirus; phlebovirus; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; viruses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fever / diagnosis*
  • Fever / virology
  • Genome, Viral
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phlebovirus / classification
  • Phlebovirus / genetics
  • Phylogeny
  • Republic of Korea
  • Syndrome
  • Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis*
  • Thrombocytopenia / virology

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KF358691
  • GENBANK/KF358692
  • GENBANK/KF358693