Mite of Tsutsugamushi Disease, Deadly Transfer "SFTS & # 39;

Severe febrile thrombocytopenia, & quot; SFTS & # 39; has a mortality rate of 20%. In the meantime, it has been known to carry only "small mites". By the way, it's the first in Korea to see the case of the "smart chip", which is the mediator of the "Tsutsugamushi disease", moving this "SFTS". [La maladie de Tsutsugamushi] takes more than 10,000 people a year.

This is the journalist Lee Jung-bad

Severe thrombocytopenia, SFTS, and Tsutsugamushi's disease are badociated with high fever, headache, and rash.

SFTS Takes a Small Mite, Tsutsugamushi Disease, in a Mite

Unlike Tsutsugamushi Disease, which has a very low death rate, it is very dangerous to kill one in five people when captured in SFTS.

However, last October, a 70-year-old SFTS patient was confirmed to have been infected with Tsutsugamushi's disease.

This patient had only one flea bite

The SFTS transfer medium is now considered to be one more than a small mite

SFTS is particularly capable of spread between humans.

[이근화/제주대 의학전문대학 교수 : 쯔쯔가무시병 환자의 경우 SFTS 바이러스에도 감염돼 있을 가능성이 있고 의료인과 가족 간 2차 전파 가능성이 있을 수 있죠.]

Tsutsugamushi disease is a common infectious disease that affects up to 10,000 people each year.

The possibility of developing the SFTS has increased.

It is emphasized that it is necessary to pay special attention to the summer when outdoor activities are gaining momentum