Person-to-person transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus through blood contact.

Gai, Zhongtao; Liang, Mifang; Zhang, Ying; Zhang, Shuo; Jin, Cong; Wang, Shi-Wen; Sun, Lifeng; Zhou, Na et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2012

case_series · Level IV

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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.

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