Monday, 16 April 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Severe fever w/ thrombocytopenia synd. - East Asia

Fever -- China
Infectious-disease experts in East Asia are preparing for this year's [2018] wave of a lethal tick-borne virus. The virus causes a disease called severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), which has affected a rapidly growing number of people since it emerged nearly a decade ago.
Scientists in the region say they are worried by the rising incidence of the disease and by signs that the virus can spread more easily than previously thought. In March [2018], Japan launched the 1st

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5751155&promed&0

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