Rapid Spread of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus by Parthenogenetic Asian Longhorned Ticks

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zhang, Xing ; Zhao, Chaoyue ; Cheng, Chaoyuan ; Zhang, Guogang ; Yu, Tao ; Lawrence, Kevin ; Li, Hongyue ; Sun, Jimin ; Yang, Zeyu ; Ye, Ling ; Chu, Hongliang ; Wang, Ying ; Han, Xiaohu ; Jia, Yongchao ; Fan, Shuozhang ; Kanuka, Hirotaka ; Tanaka, Tetsuya ; Jenkins, Cheryl ; Gedye, Kristene ; Chandra, Shona ; Price, Dana C. ; Liu, Qiyong ; Choi, Young Ki ; Zhan, Xiangjiang ; Zhang, Zhibin ; Zheng, Aihua
• Description:
  Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is spreading rapidly in Asia. This virus is transmitted by the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis), which has parthenogenetically and sexually reproducing populations. Parthenogenetic populations were found in ≥15 provinces in China and strongly correlated with the distribution of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome cases. However, distribution of these cases was poorly correlated with the distribution of populations of bisexual ticks. Phylogeographic analysis suggested that the parthenogenetic population spread much faster than bisexual population because colonization is independent of sexual reproduction. A higher proportion of parthenogenetic ticks was collected from migratory birds captured at an SFTSV-endemic area, implicating the contribution to the long-range movement of these ticks in China. The SFTSV susceptibility of parthenogenetic females was similar to that of bisexual females under laboratory conditions. These results suggest that parthenogenetic Asian longhorned ticks, probably transported by migratory birds, play a major role in the rapid spread of SFTSV.
• Subjects:
  Bunyaviridae Infections Female Ixodidae Phlebovirus Phylogeny Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Ticks
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(2):363-372
• Pubmed ID:
  35075994
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8798674
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2cb6b72c4fee999bcc2ee8d6ec67380c154ea1c5ad1e18e2c6e095efdfb4cec6
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/114538/cdc_114538_DS1.pdf
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