Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in ticks collected from humans, South Korea, 2013

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Aug;20(8):1358-61. doi: 10.3201/eid2008.131857.

Abstract

We investigated the infection rate for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) among ticks collected from humans during May-October 2013 in South Korea. Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks have been considered the SFTSV vector. However, we detected the virus in H. longicornis, Amblyomma testudinarium, and Ixodes nipponensis ticks, indicating additional potential SFTSV vectors.

Keywords: Amblyomma testudinarium; Bunyaviridae; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Ixodes nipponensis; Phlebovirus; Rhipicephalus microplus; SFTS; SFTSV; South Korea; humans; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus; tick-borne; tickborne; ticks; vector; viruses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arachnid Vectors / virology*
  • Cell Line
  • Female
  • Genes, Viral
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phlebotomus Fever / epidemiology
  • Phlebotomus Fever / history
  • Phlebotomus Fever / transmission
  • Phlebovirus / classification
  • Phlebovirus / genetics
  • Phlebovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Phylogeny
  • Prevalence
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Ticks / virology*

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