A Cluster of Bunyavirus-Associated Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Cases in a Coastal Plain Area in China, 2015: Identification of a Previously Unidentified Endemic Region for Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Bunyavirus
Author(s) -
Jianli Hu,
Zhifeng Li,
Cai Jia-ping,
Donglin Liu,
Xuefeng Zhang,
Renjie Jiang,
Xilin Guo,
Dapeng Liu,
Yufu Zhang,
Lunbiao Cui,
Jinjin Shen,
Fengcai Zhu,
Changjun Bao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz209
Subject(s) - severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome , haemaphysalis longicornis , population , orthobunyavirus , tick , virology , medicine , veterinary medicine , virus , ixodidae , environmental health
Aside from hilly or mountainous area, a coastal plain was identified as the natural foci of SFTSV in Dongtai County, China. The involvement of migration in the evolution of SFTSV might lead to a transregional transmission event of SFTSV.
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