title: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome and its pathogen SFTSV.
abstract: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging hemorrhagic fever in East Asia with case fatality up to 50%. SFTS is caused by SFTSV, a tick borne bunyavirus. In endemic area in China 1%-3% population was infected with SFTSV, but age is critical risk factor for hospitalization and death of SFTS patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: Miao-Miao
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA. Electronic address: yuxuejie@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xue-Jie
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006482:Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D013577:Syndrome; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D014779:Virus Replication
keywords: Bunyavirus; Hemorrhagic fever; Phlebovirus; SFTSV; Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome