Two confirmed cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome with pneumonia: implication for a family cluster in East China
Abstract Background Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) was first reported in China in 2011. Human-to-human transmission of the virus occurred occasionally in family clusters. However, pneumonia as an onset syndrome was not common in most SFTS cases. Our aim is to report a family clus...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2645-9 |