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Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Japan and Public Health Communication |
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| Authors: | Tomoya Saito Kazuko Fukushima Kazunori Umeki Kensuke Nakajima |
| Affiliation: | Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan (T. Saito, K. Fukushima, K. Umeki, K. Nakajima); ;National Institute of Public Health, Saitama, Japan (T. Saito) |
| Abstract: | A fatal case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome was reported in Japan in 2013. The ensuing process of public communication offers lessons on how to balance public health needs with patient privacy and highlights the importance of multilateral collaborations between scientific and political communities. |
| Keywords: | Phlebovirus public health communicable diseases viruses Japan communication |