Thrombocytopenia can be caused by problems in the bone marrow or the immune system. The bone marrow may not make enough platelets, or the immune may destroy platelets inappropriately. Some of the ...

Japan confirmed its first case of human-to-human transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a potentially fatal tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever. The National Institute ...

Known as severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS, the highly fatal viral hemorrhagic fever spreads to humans through ixodid ticks, which are typically found in mountains, forests and ...