Abstract: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a newly discovered RNA virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae, which has been identified as the causative agent of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS). SFTSV mainly appears in rural and hilly areas in central and eastern provinces of China, and has caused serious public health problems. SFTS presents mainly have symptoms including fever, vomiting, peripheral blood thrombocytopenia, liver and kidney function damage. Some patients died due to multiple organ dysfunction, and the mortality rate has reached to 10%-15%. This review focused on the research progress in the etiology, infection process, pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical diagnosis and detection methods of SFTSV, and put forward the existing problems and preventive measures to provide a reference for the diagnosis, prevention and control of this disease.

Key words: thrombocytopenia, disease transmission, horizontal, diagnosis, phlebovirus, detection