Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2019)

Tamdy Virus in Ixodid Ticks Infesting Bactrian Camels, Xinjiang, China, 2018

  • Hong Zhou,
  • Zhenghai Ma,
  • Tao Hu,
  • Yuhai Bi,
  • Amutikari Mamuti,
  • Runyuan Yu,
  • Michael J. Carr,
  • Mang Shi,
  • Juan Li,
  • Kirill Sharshov,
  • George F. Gao,
  • Weifeng Shi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190512
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 11
pp. 2136 – 2138

Abstract

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We isolated Tamdy virus (TAMV; strain XJ01/TAMV/China/2018) from Hyalomma asiaticum ticks infesting Bactrian camels in Xinjiang, China, in 2018. The genome of the strain showed high nucleotide similarity with previously described TAMV strains from Asia. Our study highlights the potential threat of TAMV to public health in China.

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