Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2021)

Human Tacheng Tick Virus 2 Infection, China, 2019

  • Zhihui Dong,
  • Meihua Yang,
  • Zedong Wang,
  • Shuo Zhao,
  • Songsong Xie,
  • Yicheng Yang,
  • Gang Liu,
  • Shanshan Zhao,
  • Jing Xie,
  • Quan Liu,
  • Yuanzhi Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.191486
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 2
pp. 594 – 598

Abstract

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We used metagenomic analysis to identify Tacheng tick virus 2 infection in a patient with a history of tick bite in northwestern China. We confirmed the virus with reverse transcription-PCR, virus isolation, and genomic analysis. We detected viral RNA in 9.6% of ticks collected from the same region.

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