Volume 26, Number 4—April 2020
Synopsis
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, Japan, 2013–2017
Yusuke Kobayashi1, Hirofumi Kato, Takuya Yamagishi, Tomoe Shimada, Tamano Matsui, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Takeshi Kurosu, Masayuki Shimojima, Shigeru Morikawa2, Hideki Hasegawa, Masayuki Saijo, Kazunori Oishi3
, and SFTS Epidemiological Research Group Japan
Table 3
Characteristics of 3 patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome who had contact with body fluid of an ill companion animal before illness onset, Japan, March 2013–October 2017*
| Patient no. | Onset year | Age, y/sex | Outcome | Tick bite | Species of ill companion animal | Direct exposure to ill animal’s body fluid | Outcome of ill companion animals | SFTSV detection from animals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014 | 46/F | Recovered | No | Cat | Yes | Recovered | Not tested |
| 2 | 2016 | 57/F | Died | No | Cat | Yes (bite) | Died | Not tested† |
| 3 | 2017 | 42/M | Recovered | No | Dog | Yes | Recovered | Yes |
*SFTSV, severe fever with thrombocytopenia virus (Huaiyangshan banyangvirus).
†Clinical and laboratory findings were similar to those of human case.
1Current affiliation: Saitama Prefectural Government, Saitama, Japan.
2Current affiliation: Okayama University of Science, Ehime, Japan.
3Current affiliation: Toyama Institute of Health, Toyama, Japan.
4Group members are listed at the end of the article.
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