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Case Reports
. 2012 Jan 15;54(2):249-52.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cir776. Epub 2011 Nov 17.

Person-to-person transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus through blood contact

Zhongtao Gai  1 , Mifang Liang, Ying Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Cong Jin, Shi-Wen Wang, Lifeng Sun, Na Zhou, Quanfu Zhang, Yulan Sun, Shu-Jun Ding, Chuan Li, Wen Gu, Fushun Zhang, Yunshan Wang, Pengfei Bian, Xiaoying Li, Zhiqiang Wang, Xiuguang Song, Xianjun Wang, Aiqiang Xu, Zhenqiang Bi, Shijun Chen, Dexin Li
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Person-to-person transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus through blood contact

Zhongtao Gai et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus is a newly discovered bunyavirus with high pathogenicity to human. The transmission model has been largely uncharacterized. Investigation on a cluster of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome cases provided evidence of person-to-person transmission through blood contact to the index patient with high serum virus load.

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