Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus by Haemaphysalis longicornis Ticks, China
Lu Zhuang
1, Yi Sun
1, Xiao-Ming Cui
1, Fang Tang, Jian-Gong Hu, Li-Yuan Wang, Ning Cui, Zhen-Dong Yang, Dou-Dou Huang, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Wei Liu

, and Wu-Chun Cao
Author affiliations: Affiliated Bayi Children’s Hospital, PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing, China (L. Zhuang); Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Organ Failure, Beijing (L. Zhuang); Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing (L. Zhuang, Y. Sun, X.-M. Cui, J.-G. Hu, L.-Y. Wang, D.-D. Huang, X.-A. Zhang, W. Liu, W.-C. Cao); Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces, Beijing (F. Tang); The 154 Hospital, People’s Liberation Army, Xinyang, China (N. Cui, Z.-D. Yang)
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Table 2
Detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in Haemaphysalis longicornis tick–infested mice*
Stage (sex)
|
No. mice
|
No. ticks/mouse
|
No. positive by rRT-PCR |
No. positive by IFA
|
Titer ± SE
|
Experimental group
|
Control group
|
Adults (female) |
3 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3.01 ± 0.30 |
Larvae |
5 |
50 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
2.78 ± 0.15 |
Nymphs |
5 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
3.16 ± 0.17 |
Adults (female) |
5 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
3.09 ± 0.15 |
Adults (male) |
5 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2.81 ± 0.35 |
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