Endothelial activation and dysfunction in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

• Main Authors: Xiao-Kun Li (Author), Zhen-Dong Yang (Author), Juan Du (Author), Bo Xing (Author), Ning Cui (Author), Pan-He Zhang (Author), Hao Li (Author), Xiao-Ai Zhang (Author), Qing-Bin Lu (Author), Wei Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pathogenesis of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) has not been well described yet. Recent studies indicate that SFTSV could replicate in endothelial cells. Here we performed a case-control study to determine whether endothelial activation/dysfunction occurred in SFTSV infection and...