Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus among Domesticated Animals, China

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Niu, Guoyu ; Li, Jiandong ; Liang, Mifang ; Jiang, Xiaolin ; Jiang, Mei ; Yin, Haiying ; Wang, Zhidian ; Li, Chuan ; Zhang, Quanfu ; Jin, Cong ; Wang, Xianjun ; Ding, Shujun ; Xing, Zheng ; Wang, Shiwen ; Bi, Zhenqiang ; Li, Dexin
• Description:
  To investigate the infections of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) in domesticated animals, we sampled a total of 3,039 animals in 2 counties in Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, from April to November 2011. SFTSV-specific antibodies were detected in 328 (69.5%) of 472 sheep, 509 (60.5%) of 842 cattle, 136 (37.9%) of 359 dogs, 26 (3.1%) of 839 pigs, and 250 (47.4%) of 527 chickens. SFTSV RNA was detected in all sampled animal species, but the prevalence was low, ranging from 1.7% to 5.3%. A cohort study in 38 sheep was conducted to determine when seroconversion to SFTSV occured. SFTSVs were isolated from sheep, cattle, and dogs and shared >95% sequence homology with human isolates from the same disease-endemic regions. These findings demonstrate that natural infections of SFTSV occur in several domesticated animal hosts in disease-endemic areas and that the virus has a wide host range.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Viral Bunyaviridae Infections Cattle Chickens Dogs Humans Phylogeny Prevalence Research RNA, Viral Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid Sheep, Domestic Swine Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 19(5):756-763.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:47f4fcf1175426cc238e69d60e53dd6f44402e96794c0986fc304ee0985ac7a4
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18773/cdc_18773_DS1.pdf
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