MIE, Jun 13 (News On Japan) –
A veterinarian in Mie Prefecture has died after treating a cat contaminated with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS), a illness transmitted by ticks and different vectors.
According to the Mie Veterinary Medical Association, the deceased was an aged male veterinarian who operated an animal clinic within the prefecture.
After treating a cat contaminated with SFTS, the veterinarian started experiencing signs corresponding to respiratory difficulties and was hospitalized. He handed away final month. It is suspected that he additionally contracted SFTS.
No signs have been reported among the many clinic workers or the cat’s proprietor.
SFTS may be transmitted to people by way of tick bites or contact with bodily fluids from contaminated cats and canines, inflicting fever, fatigue, and different systemic signs.
Source: TBS