title: Molecular detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) in feral cats from Seoul, Korea.
abstract: This study tested serum samples of feral cats from a highly urbanized habitat, Seoul, Korea to determine the infection to severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). From 126 samples tested, SFTSV was detected by RT-PCR in 22 (17.5%) cats from various sites of Seoul. Sequences identified from this study were grouped with clusters from China and Japan. Our result provides data that SFTSV may have been circulating in settings that were suspected to have relatively low risk, such as highly urbanized habitats. Thus it warrants further study to investigate the ecology of SFTSV in urban-dwelling animals including ticks, human and other potential host species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30605, USA; College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jusun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, BK21 PLUS Program for Creative Veterinary Science Research, Research Institute for Veterinary Science and College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jun-Gu
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, BK21 PLUS Program for Creative Veterinary Science Research, Research Institute for Veterinary Science and College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Suck
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, BK21 PLUS Program for Creative Veterinary Science Research, Research Institute for Veterinary Science and College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Byoung
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, BK21 PLUS Program for Creative Veterinary Science Research, Research Institute for Veterinary Science and College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yun-Kyung
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, BK21 PLUS Program for Creative Veterinary Science Research, Research Institute for Veterinary Science and College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, BK21 PLUS Program for Creative Veterinary Science Research, Research Institute for Veterinary Science and College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: jschae@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Joon-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chae
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D002415:Cats / Q000821:virology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016856:Phlebovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D066106:Seoul
keywords: Feral cat; Korea; RT-PCR; Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus; Urban habitat