Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome
This book presents the latest knowledge on all aspects of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), an emerging infectious disease endemic to China, South Korea, and Japan that is caused by a bunyavirus first discovered in 2011, widely referred to as SFTS virus (SFTSV) though recently rena...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Discovery Process of SFTS in China
- 3. The discovery process of SFTS in Japan
- 4. Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in the Republic of Korea
- 5. Virology of SFTSV
- 6. Molecular epidemiology of SFTSV
- 7. Epidemiology of SFTS in China
- 8. Epidemiology of SFTS virus from ticks and animals in the Republic of Korea
- 9. Epidemiology of SFTS in Japan
- 10. Seroprevalence and risk factors of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome : Seroepidemiology of SFTS
- 11. Clinical aspects of SFTS
- 12. Pathology of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
- 13. Circulation of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) in nature: transmission of SFTSV between mammals and ticks
- 14. Laboratory diagnosis for SFTS
- 15. Antiviral drugs for the therapeutics of SFTS
- 16. Infection control and prevention in hospitals and household
- 17. Animal experimental models for the study on severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection
- 18. Similarity and difference in characteristics of two diseases, SFTS and CCHF, and their causative agents.
