Japan confirmed its first case of human-to-human transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a potentially fatal tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever. The National Institute ...

Known as severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS, the highly fatal viral hemorrhagic fever spreads to humans through ixodid ticks, which are typically found in mountains, forests and ...

The government reported the first case of a confirmed death of a patient infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a tick-borne virus. The Korea Centers for Disease ...