Infection and transovarial transmission of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in Rhipicephalus sanguineus in Hainan Island, China

Integr Zool. 2023 Nov;18(6):1009-1013. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12716. Epub 2023 Apr 19.

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) RNA level increased in female ticks after injection with SFTSV. Furthermore, SFTSV RNA was detected in the eggs and larvae that originated from the virus-infected female ticks.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bunyaviridae Infections*
  • China
  • Female
  • Phlebovirus* / genetics
  • RNA
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus* / genetics
  • Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome*

Substances

  • RNA