Clinical and Etiological Characteristics of Severe Hemorrhagic Fever
Caused by Coinfection of Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Bunyavirus and
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
——Coinfection of SFTSV with HTNV may lead to severe HFRS
Xiaohu Han1,2, #, Yongxiang
Zhao3,#, Ruihao Peng4,#, Qijun
Chen1,2, Ya Wen3, Yudan
Bi1, Yichen Zhou1, Yao
Chen5, Hua Deng6, Feng
Jiang1,2,*, Zeliang Chen1,2,4,7,*
1.College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang
Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning;
2.Key Laboratory of Livestock Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education
(Shenyang Agricultural University), Shenyang 110866, Liaoning.
3.The Sixth People’s Hospital of Dandong City, Dandong 118002, Liaoning.
4.Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen
University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong.
5.Liaoning center for Agricultural Development Service, Shenyang 110033,
Liaoning;
6.Manzhouli international travel health care center, Manzhouli 024199,
Inner Mongolia;
7.Key Laboratory of Zoonose Prevention and Control at Universities of
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Innovative Institute of Zoonoses,
Medical College (Inner Mongolia Minzu University), Tongliao 028000,
Inner Mongolia.
# The authors contributed equally to this work.
* The corresponding authors.
Correspondence: Feng Jiang, College of Animal Science and Veterinary
Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, No.120, Dongling Road,
Shenhe District, Shenyang 110866, Liaoning, China (+86 13664130526,jf8849@syau.edu.cn)
40-word summary of the article’s main
point:
In areas where both ticks and mice are endemic, physicians should
consider the possibility of SFTSV and HTNV coinfection when diagnosing
severe forms of HFRS in order to achieve precise treatment.