Human-to-human transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus through contact with infectious blood.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We investigated an outbreak of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) that occurred during May and June 2010, to identify the mode of transmission. Contact with the index patient's blood was significantly associated with development of SFTS (P = .01, by the χ(2) test for linear trend); the frequency of contact with the index patient's blood increased the risk of SFTS in a dose-response manner (P = .03, by the χ(2) test for linear trend). We concluded that human-to-human transmission caused this cluster of cases.
Medical subject headings
- Blood
- Bunyaviridae Infections
- Disease Outbreaks
- Disease Transmission, Infectious
- Phlebovirus