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Volume 31, Number 8—August 2025

Research Letter

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Acquired through Dog Bite, South Korea

Uh Jin Kim1, Hae Seong Jeong1, Keon Kim1, Ahrang Lee, Minji Kim, Sarah Kim, Sung Un Shin, Seung-Ji Kang, Sook In Jung, Hyungjun Kwak, Woong-Bin Ro, Choon-Mee Kim, Dong-Min Kim2, and Kyung-Hwa Park2Comments to Author 

Author affiliation: Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea (U.J. Kim, H.S. Jeong, A. Lee, M. Kim, S. Kim, S.U. Shin, S.-J. Kang, S.I. Jung, K.-H. Park); Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju (U.J. Kim, S.-J. Kang, S.I. Jung, K.-H. Park); Chonnam National University College of Veterinary Medicine, Gwangju (K. Kim, W.B. Ro); Gwangsan-gu Public Health Center, Gwangju (H. Kwak); Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju (C.-M. Kim, D.-M. Kim); Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju (D.-M. Kim)

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Table

Characteristics of samples infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, South Korea*

Source Day Specimen Nested PCR
 qPCR
 IFA†
S seg, 346 bp M seg, 540 bp L seg, 860 bp S seg, 71 bp IgG IgM
Human
 HD 2
 Blood
 Positive
 Positive
 Positive
26.76
<1:32
 <1:32
Dog HD 0 Blood Weak positive Positive Positive 32.99 ND ND
HD 2 Blood Negative Negative Negative 38.32 >1:1,024 ND
HD 4 Urine Negative Negative Negative 32.18 1:32 ND
HD 4 Saliva Negative Negative Negative 36.44 ND ND

*HD, hospital day. IFA, indirect immunofluorescence assay; L, large; M, medium; ND, not done; qPCR, quantitative PCR; S, small; seg, segment. †IFA was performed on serum samples for both the patient and the dog. For the dog, urine and saliva specimens collected on HD 4 (July 6) were also tested in an exploratory manner to assess potential antibody presence in nonserum body fluids.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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