Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients

Mengmei Wang; Jinjing Zuo; Ke Hu

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2014.09.008

Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients

Int J Infect Dis. 2014 Dec:29:82-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.09.008. Epub 2014 Oct 24.

Authors

Mengmei Wang¹, Jinjing Zuo¹, Ke Hu²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Respiratory Disease, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
² Division of Respiratory Disease, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China. Electronic address: huke-rmhospital@163.com.

PMID: 25448336
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.09.008

Abstract

The cases of two patients (a husband and wife) with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) are reported herein. Both patients had a history of recent tick bite and displayed typical clinical SFTS symptoms including fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia. The diagnosis was laboratory-confirmed by the provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The husband died while the wife survived. SFTS virus was eventually identified in ticks collected from the couple.

Keywords: Novel bunyavirus; Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; Tick.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Bunyaviridae Infections / diagnosis
Bunyaviridae Infections / virology*
Female
Fever / virology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phlebovirus / isolation & purification*
Syndrome
Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis
Thrombocytopenia / virology*
Ticks / virology*