title: A pediatric case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Zhejiang Province, China.
abstract: This report describes a pediatric case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), which is an emerging disease that is caused by a novel bunyavirus. Interestingly, the previously reported SFTS cases typically involved elderly patients, while our case involved a 5-year-old child from Zhejiang Province, China. In this report, we describe our investigation of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of this case, to improve our understanding of this emerging disease. Our principle finding was that the present case's clinical symptoms were milder than those that have been reported in adult cases of SFTS. Therefore, we recommend more careful screening of pediatric patients who present with mild symptoms that are consistent with SFTS.
authors.affiliation: Medical School of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, Zhejiang Province, China; Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Yuyao Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Yuyao 315400, China.
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.affiliation: Yuyao Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Yuyao 315400, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China. Electronic address: jmjiang@cdc.zj.cn.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016851:Orthobunyavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010217:Phlebotomus Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Bunyavirus; Pediatric; Severe fever and thrombocytopenia syndrome