Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus, Shandong Province, China

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Authors

Li Zhao · Shandong University

Shenyong Zhai · Center for Disease Control

Hongling Wen · Shandong University

Feng Cui · Center for Disease Control

Yuanyuan Chi · Shandong University

Ling Wang · Center for Disease Control

Fuzhong Xue ·

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, which results in severe illness and has a high case-fatality rate, is caused by a novel bunyavirus, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus. We found that samples from 2/237 (0.8%) healthy persons and 111/134 (83%) goats in Yiyuan County, Shandong Province, China, were seropositive for this virus.

Topics & Keywords

Viral Infections and Vectors Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 18, Issue 6

DOI: 10.3201/eid1806.111345

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