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Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Dispatch

Yezo Virus Infection in Tick-Bitten Patient and Ticks, Northeastern China

Xiaolong Lv1, Ziyan Liu1, Liang Li1, Wenbo Xu, Yongxu Yuan, Xiaojie Liang, Li Zhang, Zhengkai Wei, Liyan Sui, Yinghua Zhao, Zhijun Hou, Feng Wei, Shuzhen Han, Quan Liu, and Zedong WangComments to Author 
Author affiliations: First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China (Z. Liu, W. Xu, L. Sui, Y. Zhao, Q. Liu, Z. Wang); Inner Mongolia General Forestry Hospital, Yakeshi, China (X. Lv, S. Han); Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun (Z. Liu, Y. Yuan, X. Liang, F. Wei); Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun (L. Li, L. Zhang, Q. Liu, Z. Wang); Foshan University, Foshan, China (Z. Wei, Q. Liu); Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China (Z. Hou)

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Table 1

Characteristics of a tick-bitten patient infected with Yezo virus, northeastern China*

Characteristic Result and treatment
Fever
Temperature at admission, °C 39.5
Highest temperature, °C
 39.6
Complications
Headache Yes
Dizziness Yes
Blurred vision Yes
Arthralgia Yes
Chest distress Yes
Shortness of breath Yes
Fatigue Yes
Bacterial co-infection
 No
Tickborne pathogen detection
TBEV Negative
SFTSV Negative
Alongshan virus Negative
Songling virus Negative
Beiji nairovirus Negative
Yezo virus Positive
Borrelia spp. Negative
Rickettsia spp. Negative
Anaplasma spp. Negative
Babesia spp.
 Negative
Treatment
Day 1–4 Ribavirin (1 g IV), azithromycin (0.5 g IV), rocephin (3 g IV) daily
Day 1–8 Glycyrrhizin (3 tablets orally daily)

*IV, intravenous; SFTSV, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus; TBEV, tick-borne encephalitis virus.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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