Case report: detection of the identical virus in a patient presenting with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome encephalopathy and the tick that bit her.
BMC Infect Dis
; 18(1): 181, 2018 04 17.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne disease. Haemophysalis longicornis ticks have been considered the vector of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). However, clear data on the transmission of SFTS from ticks to humans are limited. CASE PRESENTATION We report an 84-year-old woman who presented with fever and altered mentality, which was confirmed as SFTS with encephalopathy by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction in blood and cerebrospinal fluid. The SFTSV was also identified in the tick that bit her, H. longicornis. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that the SFTSV from the patient and the tick was identical. The patient gradually recovered with treatments of corticosteroids and immunoglobulin.CONCLUSION:
These findings provide further evidence of SFTS viral transmission from H. longicornis to human.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Encefalopatias
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Phlebovirus
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Infecções por Bunyaviridae
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Ixodidae
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged80
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article