Table 1.

Basic characteristics of samples involved in this study

Group	Number	Sex		Age		Duration of fever		Hospital stay		Death
		F	M	Median	Range	Median	Range	Median	Range
Control	20	18	2	30	17–55	–	–	–	–	–
SFTS	34	23	11	55	30–78	8	5–14	9	3–22	3
Acute	12	9	3	57	32–78	5	3–7	–	–	3
Recovery	16	9	7	53	29–66	–	–	–	–	–
Mild	17	8	9	54	29–72	7	5–13	8	6–14	–
Severe	14	11	3	58	42–78	9	7–15	9	5–22	3