title: Person-to-person transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus through blood contact.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan.
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016358:Contact Tracing; D005334:Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010217:Phlebotomus Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology*
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