Person-to-person transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-160

  Liu, Yan ^a,b   Li, Qun ^c   Hu, Wanfu ^b   Wu, Jiabin ^b   Weng, Yubi ^d   Mei, Ling ^e   Walker, David H ^a   Ren, Jun ^b   Wang, Yu ^c   Yu, Xue Jie ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Dingyuan County CDC   (China)

^e Guangde County CDC   (China)

Author keywords

Arbovirus(es); China; Tick(s); Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHENAZONE; CEFALOTIN; DEXAMETHASONE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALAISE; MALE; MELENA; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSON TO PERSON TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

ARBOVIRUS; IXODIDA; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS;

EID: 84863115327     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0758     Document Type: Article

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