Prevalence of SFTSV among Asian House Shrews and Rodents, China, January–August 2013

Abstract

To evaluate the role of small mammals as hosts of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), we tested serum samples from rodents and shrews in China, collected in 2013. SFTSV antibodies and RNA were detected, suggesting that rodents and shrews might be hosts for SFTSV.

Keywords

• severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus
• SFTS virus
• bunyavirus
• seroprevalence
• shrews
• rodents