A woman in western Japan died due to a tick-borne disease last year after being bitten by a stray cat, in the world's first case of the illness contracted from a mammal, the health ministry said Monday. 
(The National Institute of Infectious Diseases)According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the woman in her 50s was bitten by the weakening stray cat when she was trying to carry it to a veterinary hospital, and she died some 10 days later. Examination of samples taken from her showed she was infected with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS.Given that the woman…READ FULL ARTICLE
