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Volume 21, Number 10—October 2015

Synopsis

Characteristics and Factors Associated with Death among Patients Hospitalized for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, South Korea, 2013

Jaeseung Shin, Donghyok Kwon, Seung-Ki Youn, and Ji-Hyuk ParkComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, South Korea (J. Shin, D. Kwon, S.-K. Youn, J.-H. Park); Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyeongju-si, South Korea (J.-H. Park)

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Figure 1

Comparison of epidemic curve for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome cases identified during 2013 and the number of Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks collected per month during 2011 and 2012, South Korea. A) Number of cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, by month of onset. B) Combined number of H. longicornis ticks collected, by month (6).

Figure 1. Comparison of epidemic curve for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome cases identified during 2013 and the number of Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks collected per month during 2011 and 2012, South Korea. A) Number of cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, by month of onset. B) Combined number of H. longicornis ticks collected, by month (6).

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