Viruses (Dec 2023)
High Seroprevalence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection among the Dog Population in Thailand
- Keita Ishijima,
- Thanmaporn Phichitraslip,
- Nattakarn Naimon,
- Preeyaporn Ploypichai,
- Benyapa Kriebkajon,
- Torntun Chinarak,
- Jirasin Sridaphan,
- Anamika Kritiyakan,
- Noppadol Prasertsincharoen,
- Sathaporn Jittapalapong,
- Kanate Tangcham,
- Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke,
- Yudai Kuroda,
- Masakatsu Taira,
- Kango Tatemoto,
- Eunsil Park,
- Milagros Virhuez-Mendoza,
- Yusuke Inoue,
- Michiko Harada,
- Tsukasa Yamamoto,
- Ayano Nishino,
- Aya Matsuu,
- Ken Maeda
Affiliations
- Keita Ishijima
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Thanmaporn Phichitraslip
- Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Nattakarn Naimon
- Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Preeyaporn Ploypichai
- Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Benyapa Kriebkajon
- Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Torntun Chinarak
- Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Jirasin Sridaphan
- Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Anamika Kritiyakan
- Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Noppadol Prasertsincharoen
- Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Sathaporn Jittapalapong
- Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Kanate Tangcham
- Office of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Health, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Chonburi 20110, Thailand
- Yudai Kuroda
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Masakatsu Taira
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Kango Tatemoto
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Eunsil Park
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Milagros Virhuez-Mendoza
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Yusuke Inoue
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Michiko Harada
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Tsukasa Yamamoto
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Ayano Nishino
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Aya Matsuu
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- Ken Maeda
- Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/v15122403
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 15,
no. 12
p. 2403
Abstract
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne zoonotic disease caused by the SFTS virus (SFTSV). In Thailand, three human cases of SFTS were reported in 2019 and 2020, but there was no report of SFTSV infection in animals. Our study revealed that at least 16.6% of dogs in Thailand were seropositive for SFTSV infection, and the SFTSV-positive dogs were found in several districts in Thailand. Additionally, more than 70% of the serum samples collected at one shelter possessed virus-neutralization antibodies against SFTSV and the near-complete genome sequences of the SFTSV were determined from one dog in the shelter. The dog SFTSV was genetically close to those from Thailand and Chinese patients and belonged to genotype J3. These results indicated that SFTSV has already spread among animals in Thailand.
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