title: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, South Korea, 2012.
abstract: We report a retrospectively identified fatal case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in South Korea from 2012. SFTS virus was isolated from the stored blood of the patient. Phylogenetic analysis revealed this isolate was closely related to SFTS virus strains from China and Japan.
authors.forename: Kye-Hyung
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jongyoun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Gayeon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Su Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kang Il
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: Nak-Hyun
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Pyoeng Gyun
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Nam-Joong
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jong-Koo
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Myoung-don
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D056910:Republic of Korea; D013577:Syndrome; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology
keywords: South Korea; bunyavirus; phlebovirus; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; viruses