Japan confirms first human-to-human transmission of tick-borne SFTS virus
Japan confirms first human-to-human transmission of tick-borne SFTS virus
www.japantimes.co.jp Japan confirms first human-to-human transmission of tick-borne SFTS virus
A doctor became infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) after attending to a patient who had been diagnosed with it.
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Hasn’t this already happened? This study seems to indicate that SFTS can be transmitted by bodily fluids, and the infected / corpses of the infected need to be handled with extreme caution.
https://idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40249-022-01017-4
The article states that it has already happened in China and Korea, but not previously in Japan.
Thanks. I clearly skimmed that way too quickly.
We all do it.
Bad news for necrophiliacs.
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