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Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
Medical condition
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a tick-borne infection.[1] Signs and symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of consciousness and heamorrhage.[1]
It is an emerging infectious disease caused by Dabie bandavirus also known as the SFTS virus, first reported between late March and mid-July 2009 in rural areas of Hubei and Henan provinces in Central China.[2] SFTS has fatality rates ranging from 12% to as high as 30% in some areas. The major clinical symptoms of SFTS are fever, vomiting, diarrhea, multiple organ failure, thrombocytopenia (low platelet count), leucopenia (low white blood cell count), and elevated liver enzyme levels.