Seroprevalence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Hedgehog from China

  • Yue Sun
  • , Miao Miao Liu
  • , Li Mei Luo
  • , Li Zhao
  • , Hong Ling Wen
  • , Zhen Tang Zhang
  • , Jian Wei Liu
  • , Zai Feng Xue
  • , Dong Qiang Ma
  • , Shu Jun Ding
  • , Xiao Ying Lei
  • , Xue Jie Yu

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Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, an emerging hemorrhagic fever, is caused by severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), a tick-borne bunyavirus. Information regarding SFTSV animal hosts is very limited. In this study, we showed that 64% (9/14) of hedgehogs in Shandong Province, China were seropositive to SFTSV antibody, suggesting that hedgehog could be a vertebrate parasitifer for SFTSV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)347-350
Number of pages4
JournalVector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Volume17
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bunyavirus
  • SFTSV
  • hedgehog
  • seroprevalence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Virology

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