Deadly virus fears rise in Japan after first suspected animal-to-human SFTS dying – Model Slux

Deadly virus fears rise in Japan after first suspected animal-to-human SFTS dying – Model Slux

Japan’s veterinarian affiliation has urged members to step up precautions in opposition to the doubtless lethal extreme fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus, after what’s believed to be the nation’s first case of a veterinarian dying from suspected animal-to-human transmission. The vet, who has not been named, developed signs of the virus after treating a … Read more

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