Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2020)

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Ticks and SFTS Incidence in Humans, South Korea

  • Jeong Rae Yoo,
  • Sang Taek Heo,
  • Sung Wook Song,
  • Seung Geon Bae,
  • Seul Lee,
  • Sungho Choi,
  • Chaehyun Lee,
  • Sugyeong Jeong,
  • Myeongseop Kim,
  • Woojin Sa,
  • Yeongrim Lee,
  • Haseon Choi,
  • Sun-Ho Kee,
  • Keun Hwa Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.200065
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 9
pp. 2292 – 2294

Abstract

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During 2016–2018, we collected 3,193 ticks from rural areas in South Korea to investigate the prevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). We detected SFTSV in ticks at an infection rate (IR) of 11.1%. We noted increases in the human IR associated with the monthly SFTSV IR in ticks.

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