Table 3. Characteristics of 3 patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome who had contact with body fluid of an ill companion animal before illness onset, Japan, March 2013–October 2017*.

Patient no.	Onset year	Age, y/sex	Outcome	Tick bite	Species of ill companion animal	Direct exposure to ill animal’s body fluid	Outcome of ill companion animals	SFTSV detection from animals
1	2014	46/F	Recovered	No	Cat	Yes	Recovered	Not tested
2	2016	57/F	Died	No	Cat	Yes (bite)	Died	Not tested†
3	2017	42/M	Recovered	No	Dog	Yes	Recovered	Yes

*SFTSV, severe fever with thrombocytopenia virus (Huaiyangshan banyangvirus).
†Clinical and laboratory findings were similar to those of human case.