Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus, South Korea, 2013

Abstract

During 2013, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome was diagnosed in 35 persons in South Korea. Environmental temperature probably affected the monthly and regional distribution of case-patients within the country. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the isolates from Korea were closely related to isolates from China and Japan.

Keywords

• Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
• Korea
• Phlebovirus
• Bunyaviridae
• viruses
• South Korea