Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: comparison with scrub typhus and clinical diagnostic prediction

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: comparison with scrub typhus and clinical diagnostic prediction

Abstract Background Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is emerging in Asian 3 countries, China, Japan and Korea, which are scrub typhus endemic areas, and its incidence is increasing. As the two infections overlap epidemiologically and clinically and the accessibility or sensitivity...

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Main Authors: Sang-Won Park, Chang-Seop Lee, Jeong-Han Kim, In-Gyu Bae, Chisook Moon, Yee Gyung Kwak, Baek-Nam Kim, Jae Hoon Lee, Seong Yeol Ryu, Hee-Chang Jang, Jian Hur, Jae-Bum Jun, Younghee Jung, Hyun-Ha Chang, Young Keun Kim, Jeong-Hwan Hwang, Yeon-Sook Kim, Hye Won Jeong, Kyoung-Ho Song, Wan Beom Park, Eu Suk Kim, Myoung-don Oh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
SFTS
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
Scrub typhus
Tsutsugamushi
Korea
Prediction
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3773-1

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