Person-to-Person Transmission of Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Bunyavirus Through Blood Contact
- Zhongren Gai
- Ming Liang
- Y. Zhang
- Shuo Zhang
- C. Jin
- Shiwen Wang
- Lele Sun
- Ning Zhou
- Qian Zhang
- Yu Sun
- Shinn‐Jyh Ding
- Chuan Li
- Wenli Gu
- F. Zhang
- Ying Wang
- Po Bian
- MKM Kellis
- Z. Wang
- Xiaojia Song
- Xiaogang Wang
- Aiqiang Xu
- Zhenqiang Bi
- Shuai Chen
- Dandan Li
Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2011 · Oxford University Press
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Abstract
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus is a newly discovered bunyavirus with high pathogenicity to human. The transmission model has been largely uncharacterized. Investigation on a cluster of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome cases provided evidence of person-to-person transmission through blood contact to the index patient with high serum virus load.