Experimental and Natural Infections of Goats with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus: Evidence for Ticks as Viral Vector.

• Main Authors: Yongjun Jiao (Author), Xian Qi (Author), Dapeng Liu (Author), Xiaoyan Zeng (Author), Yewu Han (Author), Xiling Guo (Author), Zhiyang Shi (Author), Hua Wang (Author), Minghao Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), the causative agent for the fatal life-threatening infectious disease, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), was first identified in the central and eastern regions of China. Although the viral RNA was detected in fr...