2023-06-24 06:10:20
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Posted on: Saturday, June 24, 2023 – 9:09 am | Last update: Saturday 24 June 2023 – 9:09 AM
Japanese authorities said on Friday that a woman in her 70s died in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, following contracting the Oz virus, making it the world’s first death from the tick-borne infection.
Japan’s Kyodo News Agency quoted health authorities as saying on Friday that the virus was detected in the country in 2018, and while there may be cases of infection between humans and wild animals, there has been no confirmation of the virus appearing on anyone yet.
The woman went to a medical institution in the summer of 2022 following she developed symptoms including fever and fatigue, according to the provincial government and the Ministry of Health.
She was diagnosed with pneumonia, but following her condition worsened, 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 being admitted 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.
The institute said that infection with the virus does not necessarily lead to death, but stressed the need to conduct more studies on its symptoms and risks.
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