Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, South Korea, 2012

Abstract

We report a retrospectively identified fatal case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in South Korea from 2012. SFTS virus was isolated from the stored blood of the patient. Phylogenetic analysis revealed this isolate was closely related to SFTS virus strains from China and Japan.

Keywords

• severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
• phlebovirus
• South Korea
• viruses
• bunyavirus