Detection of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus from Wild Animals and Ixodidae Ticks in the Republic of Korea

Suck Oh, Sung; Chae, Jeong-Byoung; Chae, Jeong-Byoung; Kang, Jun-Gu; Kim, Heung-Chul; Chong, Sung-Tae; Shin, Jeong-Hwa; Hur, Moon-Suk; Suh, Jae‐Hwa; Oh, Myoung‐don; Jeong, Soo-Myoung; Shin, Nam-Shik; Choi, Kyoung‐Seong; Chae, Joon-Seok; Chae, Joon-Seok

doi:10.1089/vbz.2015.1848

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Detection of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus from Wild Animals and Ixodidae Ticks in the Republic of Korea

Published in Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases • Apr 4, 2016

Authors:

Sung Suck Oh

Jeong-Byoung Chae

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is caused by SFTS virus (SFTSV), a novel bunyavirus reported to be endemic to central-northeastern China, southern Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK). To investigate SFTSV infections, we collected serum samples and ticks from wild animals. Using...

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Haemaphysalis longicornis

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Biology

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