Person-to-Person Transmission of Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Bunyavirus Through Blood Contact

Autor: Ying Zhang, Cong Jin, Zhenqiang Bi, Yunshan Wang, Zhong-Tao Gai, Fushun Zhang, Aiqiang Xu, Shi-Jun Chen, Shuo Zhang, Dexin Li, Xiu-Guang Song, Wen Gu, Xianjun Wang, Zhiqiang Wang, Lifeng Sun, Xiao-Ying Li, Mifang Liang, Shujun Ding, Yulan Sun, Peng-Fei Bian, Shiwen Wang, Na Zhou, Quanfu Zhang, Chuan Li
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir776
Popis: 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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE