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

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-252

  Gai, Zhongtao ^a   Liang, Mifang ^b   Zhang, Ying ^a   Zhang, Shuo ^b   Jin, Cong ^b   Wang, Shi Wen ^b   Sun, Lifeng ^c   Zhou, Na ^a   Zhang, Quanfu ^b   Sun, Yulan ^b   Ding, Shu Jun ^d   Li, Chuan ^a   Gu, Wen ^a   Zhang, Fushun ^a   Wang, Yunshan ^e   Bian, Pengfei ^a   Li, Xiaoying ^a   Wang, Zhiqiang ^d   Song, Xiuguang ^a   Wang, Xianjun ^d   Xu, Aiqiang ^d   Bi, Zhenqiang ^d   Chen, Shijun ^a   Li, Dexin ^b   more..

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Laizhou People's Hospital   (China)

^d Shandong Province CDC   (China)

^e JINAN CENTRAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; OMEPRAZOLE; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRECIPITATION; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME; SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME BUNYAVIRUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; PHLEBOVIRUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84555204783     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir776     Document Type: Article

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