Japanese Woman Bitten By A Cat May Have Died From Tick Disease.
The woman, who was in her 50s, was bitten by a stray cat. She was taken to a veterinary hospital, but died 10 days later, showing signs of a severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), which has a fatality rate of up to 30 percent. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, and diarrhoea
Although this disease is transmitted by ticks, the woman showed no sign of being bitten by a tick.
