Age-related disparities in clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Zhongwei Zhang; Xue Hu; Qunqun Jiang; Qian Du; Qianhui Chen; Xiaoping Chen; Zhiyong Ma; Mingqi Luo; Liping Deng; Yong Xiong

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013694

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Age-related disparities in clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Zhongwei Zhang ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft

¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work and share the first authorship.

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Xue Hu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work and share the first authorship.

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College and State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Qunqun Jiang,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Qian Du,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Qianhui Chen,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Xiaoping Chen,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Zhiyong Ma,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Mingqi Luo,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Liping Deng ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dengliping@whu.edu.cn (LD); yongxiong64@163.com (YX)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Yong Xiong

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dengliping@whu.edu.cn (LD); yongxiong64@163.com (YX)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0678-4064

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Age-related disparities in clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Zhongwei Zhang,
Xue Hu,
Qunqun Jiang,
Qian Du,
Qianhui Chen,
Xiaoping Chen,
Zhiyong Ma,
Mingqi Luo,
Liping Deng,
Yong Xiong

Published: November 4, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013694

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