A cluster of cases of human-to-human transmission caused by severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus

被引:120
作者
Chen, Hongbin [1 ]
Hu, Ke [1 ]
Zou, Jinjing [1 ]
Xiao, Jinxiu [1 ]
机构
[1] Wuhan Univ, Renmin Hosp, Div Resp Dis, Wuhan 430060, Peoples R China
关键词
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; Bunyavirus; Transmission; PERSON TRANSMISSION; CHINA;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijid.2012.11.006
中图分类号
R51 [传染病];
学科分类号
100401 ;
摘要
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease in six epidemic provinces of China and was identified to be caused by a novel bunyavirus in 2009. It is progressive in nature and potentially fatal. SFTS usually occurs as sporadic cases and is considered a tick-transmitted disease. Here we present a group of three patients with proven SFTS and one with probable SFTS, for whom the epidemiological data show person-to-person transmission characteristics. The index patient and two secondary patients died. None reported a tick bite. (c) 2012 International Society for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:E206 / E208
页数:3
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