A pediatric case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Zhejiang Province,China |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Neonatology, Okayama Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Okayama, Japan;2. Department of Human Ecology, Okayama University Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama, Japan;3. Department of Pediatrics, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan;4. Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan |
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Abstract: | This report describes a pediatric case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), which is an emerging disease that is caused by a novel bunyavirus. Interestingly, the previously reported SFTS cases typically involved elderly patients, while our case involved a 5-year-old child from Zhejiang Province, China. In this report, we describe our investigation of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of this case, to improve our understanding of this emerging disease. Our principle finding was that the present case’s clinical symptoms were milder than those that have been reported in adult cases of SFTS. Therefore, we recommend more careful screening of pediatric patients who present with mild symptoms that are consistent with SFTS. |
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Keywords: | Severe fever and thrombocytopenia syndrome Bunyavirus Pediatric |
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