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Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in Japan and Public Health Communication

Tomoya SaitoComments to Author , Kazuko Fukushima, Kazunori Umeki, and Kensuke Nakajima
Author affiliations: Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan (T. Saito, K. Fukushima, K. Umeki, K. Nakajima); National Institute of Public Health, Saitama, Japan (T. Saito)

Main Article

Table

Interim case definition for retrospective or prospective voluntary case reports of suspected severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, Japan*

Criteria
Fever >38°C
Gastrointestinal tract symptoms (e.g., nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, melena)
Thrombocytopenia, <100 × 109 platelets/L
Leucopenia, <4 × 109 leukocytes/L
Elevated levels of aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase
Absence of other causes
Death or admission to an intensive care unit because of symptoms

*All criteria required for case confirmation.

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