Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus by Haemaphysalis longicornis Ticks, China

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Zhuang, Lu ; Sun, Yi ; Cui, Xiao-Ming ; Tang, Fang ; Hu, Jian-Gong ; Wang, Li-Yuan ; Cui, Ning ; Yang, Zhen-Dong ; Huang, Dou-Dou ; Zhang, Xiao-Ai ; Liu, Wei ; Cao, Wu-Chun
• Description:
  We demonstrate maintenance and transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus by Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks in the larva, nymph, and adult stages with dissemination in salivary gland, midgut, and ovarian tissues. The H. longicornis tick is a competent vector to transmit this virus in both transovarial and transstadial modes.
• Subjects:
  Animals Arachnid Vectors Bunyaviridae Infections Dispatch Female Ixodidae Larva Male Nymph Phlebovirus
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(5):868-871
• Pubmed ID:
  29664718
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5938789
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f7831fe107de075ddfb95e988cdf0b440edae9b9105f19f33091d150572211fd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54010/cdc_54010_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.47 MB ]