Over 37 of people in Jiangsu province (East Japan) reportedly contracted the SFTS virus in the first half 2020. And around 23 more people were found to be infected by the same in East china's Anhui Province.
The SFTS virus is tick - borne virus , but it is not a new born virus it is already detected in 2009 and china isolated the Pathogen in 2011.This virus belong to Bunyavirus category. Symptons - it causes severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), cough , vomitting ,diarrhea,low platelet count , multiple organ failure,elevated liver enzyme levels.
This virus infects the mammalian hosts like cats ,yak ,mice ,hedgehogs etc. Blood sucking anthropods can spread or not , no gurantee. Human accidentally came across this virus. Although transmission is through tick bite but it can also spread from human whose blood infected.
This disease is emerging , firstly found in central and Northeast china.Even in Japan and south korea it was found in 2015 ,mortality rate was found more than 30 % in both countries.
