Volume 24, Number 5—May 2018
Dispatch
Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus by Haemaphysalis longicornis Ticks, China
Table 1
Detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus RNA in experimental and control Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks
No. tested | % Positive ± SE | No. tested | % Positive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mother tick carcasses | 5 | 100 | 5 | 0 | |
Egg pool* | 15 | 100 | 15 | 0 | |
Larvae pool† | 25 | 80.0 ± 1.7 | 25 | 0 | |
Engorged larvae pool‡ | 25 | 100 | 25 | 0 | |
Nymph pool§ | 25 | 92.0 ± 1.4 | 25 | 0 | |
Engorged nymph | 25 | 100 | 25 | 0 | |
Male adult | 25 | 36.0 ± 5.4 | 25 | 0 | |
Female adult | 25 | 44.0 ± 2.9 | 25 | 0 | |
Female hemolymph pool¶ | 3 | 66.7 ± 9.4 | 4 | 0 | |
Female saliva pool# | 4 | 75.0 ± 14.4 | 4 | 0 | |
Male hemolymph pool¶ |
3 |
33.3 ± 9.4 |
4 |
0 |
|
*Eggs were tested in pools of 60. †Larvae were tested in pools of 50. ‡Engorged larvae were tested in pools of 5. §Nymphs were tested in pools of 5. ¶Hemolymph collected from 5 ticks was pooled as 1 sample. #Saliva collected from 5 ticks was pooled as 1 sample. |
1These authors contributed equally to this article.