This severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome occurs after bites of the ticks Haemaphysalis longicornis , Amblyomma testudinarium , and Ixodes nipponensis, which transmit these viruses in many regions of East Asia, which has led, besides mild cases, also to death in more than 30 cases.
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Zhang L et al (2014) Antibodies against severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in healthy persons. Emerg Infect Dis 20:1355–1357
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). SFTS. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_4888
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