Tick Borne Virus on the spread in China 7 dead, 60 infected

Tick Borne Virus on the spread in China 7 dead, 60 Infected

As the world fights the deadly coronavirus there is a new virus that has come to scare the world and this virus too has been reported to come from china.

A new infectious disease caused by a tick-borne virus has killed over seven people and infected 60 others in china.

Official media here reported on wednesday warning about the possibility of its human to human transmission.

More than 37 people in east china's Jiangsu province contracted with the SFTS Virus in the first half of the year.Later 23 people were found to have been infected in east china.

Global media reported that a woman from nanjing capital of Jiansu who suffered from the virus showed onset of symptoms such as fever coughing doctors found a decline of leukocyte blood platelet inside her body after a month of treatment she was discharged from the hospital.

At least seven people have died .The report said SFTS Virus is not a new virus china has isolated pathogen of the virus in 2011 and it belongs to the bunia virus category.

Virologists believe that the infection may have been passed on to the humans by ticks and that the virus can be transmitted between humans.

Affiliated hospital under Jejang University said that the possibility of human to human transmission could not be excluded.

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