Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome can masquerade as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome

A 73-year-old Japanese man was referred to Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital with a 6-day history of fever. Nine days prior to admission, he had received a tick bite on his right knee while picking bamboo shoots. Three days after the bite, he developed a fever with shaking chills. Minocycline was prescribed at a local clinic, but his symptoms did not resolve. On admission, his consciousness was un...

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a newly emerging infectious disease, caused by a novel species of Phlebovirus of Bunyaviridae family, in China, South Korea, and Japan. SFTS is primarily known as a tick-borne disease, and human-to-human transmission is also possible in contact with infectious blood. Common clinical manifestations include fever, thrombocytopenia, and leukope...

[Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (Korean hemorrhagic fever)].

[Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)].

Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome, Vietnam

Acknowledgments We thank the Center de Recherche et Formation (SEREFO) team members for their support. We also thank the clinical staff, Souleymane Diallo, Sounkalo Dao, Samba Diop, Bindongo P.P. Dembele, Hamadoun Kassambara, Drissa Goita, and Ousmane M’baye for their efforts in patient recruitment; and the laboratory staff, Guindo Oumar, Djeneba Dabitao, Hama Diallo, Yeya D.S. Sarro, Mariam Ta...