Epidemiologic features and environmental risk factors of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, Xinyang, China.

• Main Authors: Kun Liu (Author), Ning Cui (Author), Li-Qun Fang (Author), Bing-Jun Wang (Author), Qing-Bin Lu (Author), Wei Peng (Author), Hao Li (Author), Li-Yuan Wang (Author), Song Liang (Author), Hong-Yu Wang (Author), Yao-Yun Zhang (Author), Lu Zhuang (Author), Hong Yang (Author), Gregory C Gray (Author), Sake J de Vlas (Author), Wei Liu (Author), Wu-Chun Cao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease discovered in rural areas of Central China in 2009, caused by a novel bunyavirus, SFTS virus (SFTSV). The disease usually presents as fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukocytopenia, with case-fatality rates...