Epidemiologic features of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in China, 2011-2012

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1682-1683

  Ding, Fan ^a   Zhang, Wenyi ^b   Wang, Liya ^b   Hu, Wenbiao ^c   Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J ^c   Sun, Hailong ^b   Zhou, Hang ^a   Sha, Sha ^a   Li, Shenlong ^b   Liu, Qiyong ^a   Li, Qun ^a   Yang, Weizhong ^a   Huang, Liuyu ^b   Li, Chengyi ^b   Yin, Wenwu ^a  

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

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DISEASE CARRIER; FEVER; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PHLEBOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOVIRUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84877309924     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit100     Document Type: Letter

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