Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV)

see also:

• viruses

• an emerging infectious zoonosis in China, Japan, and South Korea
• newly identified tick-borne bunyavirus (of genus Phlebovirus) discovered in 2007
• similar to viral haemorrhagic fevers
• case fatality rate ~15%
• incubation period up to 3 weeks
• 1 week prodrome of fever, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, dizziness, and malaise
• clinical features following prodrome:
  • mucosal haemorrhage
  • haemorrhagic rash
  • thrombocytopenia
  • elevated liver enzymes
  • multi-organ failure
  • disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC)
  • confusion

• human granulocytic anaplasmosis
• ehrlichiosis
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• HIV / AIDS
• cytomegalovirus (CMV)
• Heartland virus
• haemorrhagic fever