Diversity analysis of tick-associated viruses in northeast China

Virol Sin. 2023 Dec;38(6):961-965. doi: 10.1016/j.virs.2023.10.003. Epub 2023 Oct 11.

¹ Jiamusi University School of Basic Medicine, Jiamusi, 154007, China; College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
² College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China; Institute of Analysis and Testing, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (Beijing Center for Physical & Chemical Analysis), Beijing, 100094, China.
³ College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
⁴ Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, China. Electronic address: hxh8849@syau.edu.cn.
⁵ Jiamusi University School of Basic Medicine, Jiamusi, 154007, China. Electronic address: liuleitianxue@163.com.
⁶ Jiamusi University School of Basic Medicine, Jiamusi, 154007, China; College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China. Electronic address: tongyigang@mail.buct.edu.cn.

Abstract

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This study identified eleven tick-borne viruses in Liaoning Province and Inner Mongolia.
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Tacheng tick virus 2 is for the first time detected outside Xinjiang and in a novel tick species D. niveus.
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The Alongshan virus and Tacheng tick virus 2 identified in this study can be considered as novel species.