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Mixed Infection with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Two Genotypes of Scrub Typhus in a Patient, South Korea, 2017.

ABSTRACT: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a tick-borne viral disease with a high mortality rate. Infection can also occur through close contact with an infected patient. Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, a bacterium transmitted to humans through chigger mite bites. South Korea is an endemic region of SFTS and scrub typhus. In this study, we confirmed that a patient was coinfected with SFTS virus and two (Boryong and Taguchi) genotypes of O. tsutsugamushi.

SUBMITTER: Yoo JR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6090323 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

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Mixed Infection with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Two Genotypes of Scrub Typhus in a Patient, South Korea, 2017.

Yoo Jeong Rae JR Heo Sang Taek ST Kang Ji-Hoon JH Park Dahee D Kim Jeong Soon JS Bae Jeong Hoon JH Woo Jong Jin JJ Kim Suhyun S Lee Keun Hwa KH

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20180621 2

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a tick-borne viral disease with a high mortality rate. Infection can also occur through close contact with an infected patient. Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i>, a bacterium transmitted to humans through chigger mite bites. South Korea is an endemic region of SFTS and scrub typhus. In this study, we confirmed that a patient was coinfected with SFTS virus and two (Boryong and Taguchi) genotypes o ...[more]

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