title: Identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from patients.
abstract: The cases of two patients (a husband and wife) with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) are reported herein. Both patients had a history of recent tick bite and displayed typical clinical SFTS symptoms including fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukopenia. The diagnosis was laboratory-confirmed by the provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The husband died while the wife survived. SFTS virus was eventually identified in ticks collected from the couple.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Disease, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
authors.forename: Mengmei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Disease, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
authors.forename: Jinjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Disease, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China. Electronic address: huke-rmhospital@163.com.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013577:Syndrome; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D013987:Ticks / Q000821:virology*
keywords: Novel bunyavirus; Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; Tick