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SUBMITTER: Mao L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7227288 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mao Lingling L Deng Baocheng B Liang Yuhong Y Liu Yun Y Wang Zijiang Z Zhang Jie J Wu Wei W Yu Lei L Yao Wenqing W
BMC infectious diseases 20200514 1
<h4>Background</h4>To analyze and discuss the transmission route of a cluster of cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus (SFTSV).<h4>Method</h4>We performed an epidemiological investigation and a genetic analysis of patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) caused by SFTSV, their close contacts and the surrounding population.<h4>Results</h4>We found that all patients had contact with the blood of the first patient. The comparison of gene sequences i ...[more]