Tick-borne disease — South Korea
Background
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Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease discovered in China in 2009. In July 2013, the 1st human infection with SFTS virus (SFTSV) was detected in Shaanxi Province, Western China.
Methods
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A seroprevalence study among humans was carried out in an SFTS endemic village; specifically, serum samples were collected from 363 farmers in an SFTS endemic village in Shaanxi Province. The presence of SFTSV antibodies in serum
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