Human Case of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection, Taiwan, 2019

We report on a 70-year-old man with fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, vomiting, malaise, dyspnea, and consciousness disturbance who was infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in northern Taiwan, 2019. This autochthonous case was confirmed by reverse transcription PCR, vir...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2020-07, Vol.26 (7), p.1612-1614
Hauptverfasser:	Peng, Shih-Huan, Yang, Su-Lin, Tang, Shih-En, Wang, Tzy-Chen, Hsu, Tung-Chien, Su, Chien-Ling, Chen, Meng-Yu, Shimojima, Masayuki, Yoshikawa, Tomoki, Shu, Pei-Yun
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	autochthonous case Blood transfusions Diabetes Disease control Epidemiology Fever Genomes Health aspects Hospitals Huaiyangshan banyangvirus Human Case of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection, Taiwan, 2019 Hypertension Infection Infections Infectious diseases Medical laboratories Proteins Research Letter severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus Surveillance Taiwan Tazobactam Thrombocytopenia Tick-borne diseases Type 2 diabetes Typhus Vaccines Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	We report on a 70-year-old man with fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, vomiting, malaise, dyspnea, and consciousness disturbance who was infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in northern Taiwan, 2019. This autochthonous case was confirmed by reverse transcription PCR, virus isolation, and genomic sequencing.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2607.200104