mBio (Feb 2021)

Molecular Signatures of Inflammatory Profile and B-Cell Function in Patients with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome

  • Angela Park,
  • Su-Jin Park,
  • Kyle L. Jung,
  • Se Mi Kim,
  • Eun-Ha Kim,
  • Young-Il Kim,
  • Suan-Sin Foo,
  • Sunghyun Kim,
  • Seong-Gyu Kim,
  • Kwang-Min Yu,
  • Younho Choi,
  • Ji Yeun Kim,
  • Yun Hee Baek,
  • Min-Suk Song,
  • Seung Ryul Kim,
  • Seok-Yong Kim,
  • Hye Won Jeong,
  • Sung-Han Kim,
  • Jae U. Jung,
  • Young Ki Choi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02583-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1

Abstract

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SFTSV is an emerging virus discovered in China in 2009; it has since spread to other countries in East Asia. Although the fatality rates of SFTSV infection range from 5.3% to as high as 27%, the mechanisms underlying clinical manifestations are largely unknown.