Japan Reports First Case of Human-to-Human Transmission of Tick Disease SFTS

Japan confirmed A patient has been infected with SFTS, a “tick disease” transmitted from person to person for the first time after reports of its spread in China and South Korea.

The Japan Times News Agency reports that the Japan National Institute for Infectious Diseases (NIID) has confirmed the first case of human-to-human transmission in Japan of thrombocytopenia, also known as tick-borne disease (severe fever with thrombocytopenic syndrome: SFTS) .

The infected person is reportedly a male doctor, in his 20s, who came into close contact with a 90-year-old patient who was admitted to hospital for emergency treatment due to anorexia, fever and difficulty moving. but he died three days later.

Doctors performed several operations on the patient who later died, stitching the wound and removing the catheter after the autopsy. While the doctor wore a mask and gloves during the procedure, it was reported thatHe doesn’t wear glasses.

After 11 days, the doctor began to have fever and headache. Ready to be diagnosed with thrombocytopenia by a health exam Genetic analysis of both the doctor’s virus and the patient’s virus revealed the same sequence.Confirm human-to-human transmission

The Japanese National Institute for Infectious Diseases points out that Contact with the blood of the corpse carries a high risk of infection, so if there is a possibility that the blood will spread during surgery or an autopsy such as hemostasis, surgery invasive, etc., medical personnel must be reminded to wear protective masks or glasses.

“Fever with low platelets” It is an acute infectious disease that has been spreading in China since 2009. It initially presents as fever with no known cause. Subsequently, laboratory tests confirmed the cause. A new viral infection called “Febrile Thrombocytopenic Virus Syndrome” (SFTSV) was first reported in China in 2011.

Fever with SFTS thrombocytopenia is contracted primarily from tick bites. In the first week after the onset of symptoms Most patients have a fever. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, and muscle pain may occur. Lymph nodes and other symptoms and bleeding tendency in the 2nd week

After symptoms appear, the liver, kidneys, and other organs may fail or spread to the blood clotting disorder. By the third week, most patients recover. And some seriously ill patients can die and die, the percentage is about 5-15%. Currently, in addition to China, confirmed cases of the disease are also recorded in South Korea and Japan.

Thanks from Japan Time.

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