Molecular genomic characterization of tick- and human-derived severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus isolates from South Korea.

• Main Authors: Seok-Min Yun (Author), Su-Jin Park (Author), Sun-Whan Park (Author), WooYoung Choi (Author), Hye Won Jeong (Author), Young-Ki Choi (Author), Won-Ja Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne viral disease caused by the SFTS virus (SFTSV) from Bunyaviridae that is endemic in East Asia. However, the genetic and evolutionary characteristics shared between tick- and human-derived Korean SFTSV strains are still limi...