A man in his 40s in Tokushima Prefecture has acquired the tick-borne disease known as severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS, through contact with a dog, local government said Tuesday. It is the first case of the infection transmitted through a dog, according to ...
Miyazaki officials bring tick to press conference to warn of disease spread but it gets away
A deadly tick got away Monday after being brought to a news conference held by the Miyazaki Prefectural Government to warn of a tick-borne disease, prompting the governor to apologize the next day. Prefectural government officials conducted a search for the arachnid with the help ...
Spike in life-threatening tick-borne diseases raises alarm in Japan
The number of patients suffering from tick-borne diseases, some of which are life-threatening, is increasing at a rapid pace this year, prompting alarm among medical experts. In particular, experts have flagged two infections for which no vaccines are available, noting that the bites through which ...
Japanese woman died from tick-borne illness after cat bite, health ministry says
A woman in western Japan died from a tick-borne disease last year after being bitten by a stray cat, the health ministry said. The case is believed to be the world's first human infection of the illness without a direct bite from a tick. The ...
At least five people in Japan have died of severe fever from thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a virus infection said to be transmitted by ticks.
