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Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome,South Korea, 2012 |
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| Authors: | Kye-Hyung Kim Jongyoun Yi Gayeon Kim Su Jin Choi Kang Il Jun Nak-Hyun Kim Pyoeng Gyun Choe Nam-Joong Kim Jong-Koo Lee Myoung-don Oh |
| Affiliation: | Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (K.-H. Kim, G. Kim, S.J. Choi, K.I. Jun, N.-H. Kim, P.G. Choe, N.-J. Kim, J.-K. Lee, M.-D. Oh); ;Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, South Korea (J. Yi) |
| Abstract: | We report a retrospectively identified fatal case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in South Korea from 2012. SFTS virus was isolated from the stored blood of the patient. Phylogenetic analysis revealed this isolate was closely related to SFTS virus strains from China and Japan. |
| Keywords: | severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome phlebovirus South Korea viruses bunyavirus |