Age Is a Critical Risk Factor for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome

201495 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Shujun Ding · Shandong University

Guoyu Niu · Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention

Xuehua Xu

Jinping Li

Xiaomei Zhang · Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Haiying Yin

Naijie Zhang

Xiaolin Jiang · Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Shiwen Wang

Abstract

Our results revealed that seroprevalence of SFTSV in healthy people in Laizhou County was not significantly different among age groups, but SFTS patients were mainly elderly people, suggesting that age is the critical risk factor or determinant for SFTS morbidity and mortality.

Topics & Keywords

Viral Infections and Vectors Fire effects on ecosystems Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 9, Issue 11, pp. e111736-e111736

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111736

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