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Case Reports
. 2020 Dec;26(12):2994-2998.
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.191513.

Direct Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus from Domestic Cat to Veterinary Personnel

Atsushi Yamanaka, Yumi Kirino, Sho Fujimoto, Naoyasu Ueda, Daisuke Himeji, Miho Miura, Putu E Sudaryatma, Yukiko Sato, Hidenori Tanaka, Hirohisa Mekata, Tamaki Okabayashi
Case Reports

Direct Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus from Domestic Cat to Veterinary Personnel

Atsushi Yamanaka et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Two veterinary personnel in Japan were infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) while handling a sick cat. Whole-genome sequences of SFTSV isolated from the personnel and the cat were 100% identical. These results identified a nosocomial outbreak of SFTSV infection in an animal hospital without a tick as a vector.

Keywords: Dabie bandavirus; Japan; SFTS; SFTSV; animal hospital; cat; cat-to-human transmission; nosocomial outbreak; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus; veterinary medicine; viruses; zoonoses.

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Figure 1
Timeline for transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus from cat to veterinary personnel in animal hospital, Japan, 2018. Patient 1, veterinarian; patient 2, veterinary technician.
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Figure 2
Phylogenetic analyses of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus strains obtained from a cat and veterinary personnel in animal hospital, Japan, 2018. A) Small; B) medium; and C) large viral genomic RNA segments. Bold indicates H9/Miyazaki/2018 (from patient 1), H10/Miyazaki/2018 (from patient 2), and cat/Miyazaki/2018 (from cat). Scale bars indicate nucleotide substitutions per site.
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