Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, Shandong Province, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jun;18(6):963-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1806.111345.

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, which results in severe illness and has a high case-fatality rate, is caused by a novel bunyavirus, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus. We found that samples from 2/237 (0.8%) healthy persons and 111/134 (83%) goats in Yiyuan County, Shandong Province, China, were seropositive for this virus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • China / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Goat Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Goat Diseases / immunology
  • Goat Diseases / virology
  • Goats
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phlebotomus Fever / epidemiology*
  • Phlebotomus Fever / immunology
  • Phlebotomus Fever / veterinary*
  • Phlebotomus Fever / virology
  • Phlebovirus / immunology*
  • Rural Population
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / immunology
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / veterinary*
  • Tick-Borne Diseases / virology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral