Japan Announces 4th SFTS Fatality

  Photo Credit Wikipedia Tick Species Associated with SFTS in China # 6952     SFTS or Severe Fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome emerged as a diagnosis in China after outbreaks were identified in Hubei and Henan provinces during the spring and summer of 2009.  While ticks were suspected as vectors, the pathogen behind this disease was not initially known.   In 2011, the NEJM published a study Fever with Thrombocytopenia Associated with a Novel […]