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

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

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Contact Tracing
  • Fever / blood
  • Fever / virology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phlebotomus Fever / blood
  • Phlebotomus Fever / transmission*
  • Phlebotomus Fever / virology
  • Phlebovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Thrombocytopenia / blood
  • Thrombocytopenia / virology*