Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks as reservoir and vector of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1770-1776

  Luo, Li Mei ^a   Zhao, Li ^a   Wen, Hong Ling ^a   Zhang, Zhen Tang ^b   Liu, Jian Wei ^a   Fang, Li Zhu ^a   Xue, Zai Feng ^b   Ma, Dong Qiang ^b   Zhang, Xiao Shuang ^a   Ding, Shu Jun ^c   Lei, Xiao Ying ^a   Yu, Xue Jie ^a,d  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Qingdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Shandong Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHLEBOVIRUS; PHLEBOVIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME; SEVERE FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA SYNDROME VIRUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VEGETATION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; BUNYAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TICK; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; MICE; PHLEBOVIRUS; TICKS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84942084310     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2110.150126     Document Type: Article

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