Human Case of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection, Taiwan, 2019

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2607.200104
• Publication Date: 2020-06-18T13:50:41Z
• Authors: Shih-Huan Peng; Su-Lin Yang; Shih-En Tang; Tzy-Chen Wang; Tung-Chien Hsu; Chien-Ling Su; Meng-Yu Chen; Masayuki Shimojima; Tomoki Yoshikawa; Pei-Yun Shu
• Keywords: Malaise; Leukopenia

We report on a 70-year-old man with fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, vomiting, malaise, dyspnea, and consciousness disturbance who was infected severe fever thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in northern Taiwan, 2019. This autochthonous case confirmed by reverse transcription PCR, isolation, genomic sequencing.