Increased Prevalence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Eastern China Clustered with Multiple Genotypes and Reasserted Virus during 2010–2015

Abstract Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a novel tick-borne viral disease with high mortality. Since January 2010, we have conducted an epidemiological surveillance and etiological study of SFTS in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. From January 2010 through December 2015, a total of...

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Main Authors: Zhifeng Li, Jianli Hu, Lunbiao Cui, Ye Hong, Jianwei Liu, Pengfei Li, Xiling Guo, Wendong Liu, Xiaochen Wang, Xian Qi, Bin Wu, Zhi Feng, Aihua Shen, Xuejian Liu, Hongjun Zhao, Wenwen Tan, Jiangang Zhou, Zheng Xing, Changjun Bao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06853-1