Prevalence of SFTSV among Asian House Shrews and Rodents, China, January–August 2013
- Jian-Wei Liu
- Hong-Ling Wen
- Li-Zhu Fang
- Zhen-Tang Zhang
- Shu-Ting He
- Zai-Feng Xue
- Dong-Qiang Ma
- Xiao-Shuang Zhang
- Tao Wang
- Hao Yu
- Leyi Wang
- Li Zhao
- Xue-Jie Yu
Publication date
December 2014
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
To evaluate the role of small mammals as hosts of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), we tested serum samples from rodents and shrews in China, collected in 2013. SFTSV antibodies and RNA were detected, suggesting that rodents and shrews might be hosts for SFTSV
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