rhabarba to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoJapan confirms first human-to-human transmission of tick-borne SFTS viruswww.japantimes.co.jpexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down10
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minus-squareGhostalmedialinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoHasn’t this already happened? This study seems to indicate that SFTS can be transmitted by bodily fluids, and the infected / corpses of the infected need to be handled with extreme caution. https://idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40249-022-01017-4
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink13•1 year agoThe article states that it has already happened in China and Korea, but not previously in Japan.
minus-squareGhostalmedialinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThanks. I clearly skimmed that way too quickly.
Hasn’t this already happened? This study seems to indicate that SFTS can be transmitted by bodily fluids, and the infected / corpses of the infected need to be handled with extreme caution.
https://idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40249-022-01017-4
The article states that it has already happened in China and Korea, but not previously in Japan.
Thanks. I clearly skimmed that way too quickly.
We all do it.
Bad news for necrophiliacs.