id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-007009-4wbvdg1r Takahashi, Toru The First Identification and Retrospective Study of Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Japan 2014-03-15 .txt text/plain 4686 236 47 Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), an infectious disease with a high case-fatality rate, is caused by SFTS virus (SFTSV), a novel bunyavirus reported to be endemic to central and northeastern parts of China [1, 2] . Vero cells were inoculated with RT-PCR-positive patient sera for virus isolation, cultured for 4-7 days, and examined for SFTSV antigen detection by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) with a polyclonal antibody raised against SFTSV recombinant NP (rNP; rabbit anti-SFTSV rNP serum), which was produced as follows. Physicians were asked to volunteer information if they had treated patients who satisfied the following case definition: (1) fever of >38°C; (2) gastrointestinal tract symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and melena; (3) thrombocytopenia, with <100 × 10 9 platelets/L; (4) leukopenia, with <4 × 10 9 white blood cells/L; (5) elevated levels of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase; (6) absence of other causes; and (7) death or admission to an intensive care unit because of the severity symptoms. Detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) RNA in the right cervical lymph node by the in situ hybridization ATtailing method. ./cache/cord-007009-4wbvdg1r.txt ./txt/cord-007009-4wbvdg1r.txt