Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Dogs, South Korea

Abstract

Of 103 serum samples collected from dogs in South Korea, 3 (2.9%) were positive for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) and 22 (21.4%) were positive for antibodies against SFTSV. A dog-derived isolate of SFTSV clustered with many South Korea SFTSV strains in the Japanese clade.

Keywords

• reverse transcription PCR
• severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus
• South Korea
• dogs
• viruses
• phleboviruses