Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in South Korea, 2013-2015.

• Main Authors: Seong Jin Choi (Author), Sang-Won Park (Author), In-Gyu Bae (Author), Sung-Han Kim (Author), Seong Yeol Ryu (Author), Hyun Ah Kim (Author), Hee-Chang Jang (Author), Jian Hur (Author), Jae-Bum Jun (Author), Younghee Jung (Author), Hyun-Ha Chang (Author), Young Keun Kim (Author), Jongyoun Yi (Author), Kye-Hyung Kim (Author), Jeong-Hwan Hwang (Author), Yeon-Sook Kim (Author), Hye Won Jeong (Author), Kyoung-Ho Song (Author), Wan Beom Park (Author), Eu Suk Kim (Author), Myoung-Don Oh (Author), for Korea SFTS Clinical Network (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease that was recently identified in China, South Korea and Japan. The objective of the study was to evaluate the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of SFTS in South Korea. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:S...