title: First Isolation of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus from Haemaphysalis longicornis Ticks Collected in Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Outbreak Areas in the Republic of Korea.
abstract: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne infectious disease that is endemic to China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK). In this study, 8313 ticks collected from SFTS outbreak areas in the ROK in 2013 were used to detect the SFTS virus (SFTSV). A single SFTSV was isolated in cell culture from one pool of Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks collected from Samcheok-si, Gangwon Province, in the ROK. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the SFTSV isolate was clustered with the SFTSV strain from Japan, which was isolated from humans. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first isolation in the world of SFTSV in ticks collected from vegetation.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Arboviruses, National Institute of Health , Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seok-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.affiliation: 2 Division of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Health , Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Bong Gu
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Arboviruses, National Institute of Health , Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: WooYoung
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: 2 Division of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Health , Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jong Yul
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Arboviruses, National Institute of Health , Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ye-Ji
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 2 Division of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Health , Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Won Il
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Arboviruses, National Institute of Health , Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Myung Guk
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: 2 Division of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Health , Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young Ran
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Arboviruses, National Institute of Health , Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju-si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Ja
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000821:virology*; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: Haemaphysalis longicornis; Isolate; Republic of Korea; SFTSV