2023-06-24 09:19:26
Japan announced the death of a woman in her seventies who died in Ibaraki Prefecture following she was infected with the Oz virus, making it the first death in the world due to the infection transmitted by ticks.
The woman moved to a medical institution in the summer of 2022 following experiencing symptoms including fever and fatigue, according to the provincial government and health ministry.
She was diagnosed with pneumonia, but following her condition deteriorated, she was admitted to the hospital and an engorged tick was found in the upper part of her right thigh.
The woman died of myocarditis 26 days following her admission to the hospital.
There is no vaccine once morest the Oz virus, which has not been discovered outside of Japan, according to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo.
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