Role of three tick species in the maintenance and transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus.

• Main Authors: Yuan-Yuan Hu (Author), Lu Zhuang (Author), Kun Liu (Author), Yi Sun (Author), Ke Dai (Author), Xiao-Ai Zhang (Author), Pan-He Zhang (Author), Zhi-Chun Feng (Author), Hao Li (Author), Wei Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a novel phlebovirus in the Bunyaviridae family, causing SFTS with high mortality rate. Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks has been demonstrated as a competent vector of SFTSV by experimental transmission study and field study. However, there...