Seroprevalence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Hedgehog from China.
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, an emerging hemorrhagic fever, is caused by severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), a tick-borne bunyavirus. Information regarding SFTSV animal hosts is very limited. In this study, we showed that 64% (9/14) of hedgehogs in Shandong Province, China were seropositive to SFTSV antibody, suggesting that hedgehog could be a vertebrate parasitifer for SFTSV.
1 School of Public Health, Shandong University , Jinan, China .
Yue
Y
Sun
1 School of Public Health, Shandong University , Jinan, China .
Miao-Miao
MM
Liu
1 School of Public Health, Shandong University , Jinan, China .
Li-Mei
LM
Luo
1 School of Public Health, Shandong University , Jinan, China .
Li
L
Zhao
1 School of Public Health, Shandong University , Jinan, China .
Hong-Ling
HL
Wen
2 Huangdao District Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Qingdao City, China .
Zhen-Tang
ZT
Zhang
1 School of Public Health, Shandong University , Jinan, China .
Jian-Wei
JW
Liu
2 Huangdao District Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Qingdao City, China .
Zai-Feng
ZF
Xue
2 Huangdao District Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Qingdao City, China .
Dong-Qiang
DQ
Ma
3 Shandong Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Jinan, China .
Shu-Jun
SJ
Ding
1 School of Public Health, Shandong University , Jinan, China .
Xiao-Ying
XY
Lei
4 School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University , Wuhan, China .
Xue-Jie
XJ
Yu
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D006364:Hedgehogs / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology*; D016856:Phlebovirus; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000914:Antibodies, Viral
Bunyavirus; SFTSV; hedgehog; seroprevalence