Abstract:Objective To systematically review the polled case fatality rate and clinical characteristics of SFTS patients reported in the literature. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CMB, CNKI, and VIP databases. Uncontrolled observational studies that reported the clinical characteristics of SFTS was selected, relevant information was extracted, and selected data were analyzed using STATA 11 software. Results A total of 21 articles involving 4320 patients in China and 3 articles involving 262 patients in Korea met the inclusion criteria. The polled case fatality rate of SFTS patients in China was 16.6% (95% CI: 0.155, 0.177), and the polled case fatality rate of SFTS patients in South Korea was 28.8% (95% CI: 0.104, 0.471). The polled positive rates of clinical manifestations in SFTS patients in China: fever 81% (95% CI: 0.680, 0.941), fatigue 81.3% (95% CI: 0.754, 0.872), and thrombocytopenia 82.9% (95% CI: 0.713, 0.945) ), leucopenia 84.9% (95% CI: 0.808, 0.891), nausea 54.2% (95% CI: 0.467, 0.617), anorexia 77.2% (95% CI: 0.690, 0.854) and hemorrhagic manifestation 13.8% (95% CI: 0.103, 0.172); the polled positive rate of clinical manifestations in SFTS patients in South Korea: fever 87.7% (95% CI: 0.810, 0.945), fatigue 55.2% (95% CI: 0.180, 0.923), thrombocytopenia 88.5% (95 % CI: 0.819, 0.950), leukopenia 90.1% (95% CI: 0.840, 0.963), diarrhea 50.9% (95% CI: 0.285, 0.733) and hemorrhagic manifestation 23.4% (95% CI: 0.041, 0.426). Conclusions The clinical manifestations of all SFTS patients are mainly fever with fatigue, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia. The gastrointestinal symptoms of SFTS patients in China are mainly nausea and anorexia. While diarrhea is the major manifestation of gastrointestinal symptoms in SFTS patients in Korea.