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. 2019 May;25(5):1029-1031.
doi: 10.3201/eid2505.181463.

Endemic Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, Vietnam

Xuan Chuong Tran, Yeojun Yun, Le Van An, So-Hee Kim, Nguyen T Phuong Thao, Phan Kim C Man, Jeong Rae Yoo, Sang Taek Heo, Nam-Hyuk Cho, Keun Hwa Lee

Endemic Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, Vietnam

Xuan Chuong Tran et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 May.

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a tickborne viral disease, has been identified in China, South Korea, and Japan since 2009. We found retrospective evidence of SFTS virus (SFTSV) infection in Vietnam, which suggests that SFTSV infections also occur in Vietnam, where the virus has not been known to be endemic.

Keywords: SFTS; SFTSV; Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus; Vietnam; phleboviruses; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; ticks; vector-borne infections; viruses.

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