Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection or Mixed Infection with Scrub Typhus in South Korea in 2000-2003

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome is a tick-borne viral disease, with a high mortality rate that was first reported in China in 2009. Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by , a bacterium transmitted to humans through chigger mite bites. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndro...

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Published in:The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2019-01, Vol.101 (5), p.1096-1099
Main Authors: Thi Hai Yen, Nguyen, Kim, Chaewon, Jeong, Seonyoung, Jeon, Kyeongseok, Choi, Hooncheol, Ro, Hyo-Jin, Kim, Hong-Il, Kim, Yuri, Kang, Jun-Gu, Park, Dahee, Choi, Myung-Sik, Lee, Keun Hwa, Cho, Nam-Hyuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Bunyaviridae Infections - complications
Bunyaviridae Infections - epidemiology
Bunyaviridae Infections - virology
Coinfection - epidemiology
Coinfection - virology
Female
Fever
Humans
Immunoglobulin G - blood
Immunoglobulin M - blood
Infections
Male
Middle Aged
Orientia tsutsugamushi - genetics
Orientia tsutsugamushi - immunology
Orientia tsutsugamushi - isolation & purification
Phlebovirus - genetics
Phlebovirus - isolation & purification
Phylogeny
Republic of Korea - epidemiology
Scrub Typhus - complications
Scrub Typhus - epidemiology
Typhus
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Summary:Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome is a tick-borne viral disease, with a high mortality rate that was first reported in China in 2009. Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by , a bacterium transmitted to humans through chigger mite bites. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome and scrub typhus are endemic to South Korea. To investigate evidence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) infection or mixed infection with scrub typhus in South Korea, we examined 2,329 sera samples collected from patients presenting from November 1, 2000, to November 1, 2003, for the diagnosis of rickettisal diseases at Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. We found retrospective evidence of SFTSV infection or mixed infection with scrub typhus in South Korea in 2000-2003. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infections in South Korea occurred before previously reported cases and were more concurrent with those in China. It is important to consider SFTSV infection in patients with scrub typhus.
ISSN:0002-9637
1476-1645
DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.19-0392