Tag Archives: Bunyaviridae

New Deadly Virus . . . just when you think we’ve seen them all

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) – quite a mouthful. This week’s Journal of the American Medical Association included a few paragraphs on this newly identified infection, caused by a tick-borne Phlebovirus of the Bunyaviridae family.    Other tick-borne illnesses … Continue reading →

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