Taipei Times
Date: Nov 20, 2019
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The first case in Taiwan of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a tick-borne virus,
A tick is pictured at a news conference in Taipei yesterday as the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Centers for Disease Control announces Taiwan’s first case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome after a person was bitten by a tick last month.
Photo: CNA
The man, who had not recently traveled overseas, but had often visited mountainous areas, sought treatment several times between Oct. 24 and Nov. 2 after experiencing reoccurring fever and vomiting, CDC disease prevention physician Chen Meng-yu (陳孟妤) said.
After having changes in consciousness and a rash, the man was hospitalized on Nov. 3, Chen said.
The hospital suspected dengue fever, but a blood sample sent to the CDC came back negative on Nov. 6, she added. [FULL STORY]
