Human Case of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection, Taiwan, 2019

Abstract

We report on a 70-year-old man with fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, vomiting, malaise, dyspnea, and consciousness disturbance who was infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in northern Taiwan, 2019. This autochthonous case was confirmed by reverse transcription PCR, virus isolation, and genomic sequencing.

Keywords

• severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
• autochthonous case
• severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus
• Taiwan
• viruses
• Huaiyangshan banyangvirus