Seroprevalence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Hedgehog from China

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2017 May;17(5):347-350. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2016.2019. Epub 2017 Mar 21.

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, an emerging hemorrhagic fever, is caused by severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), a tick-borne bunyavirus. Information regarding SFTSV animal hosts is very limited. In this study, we showed that 64% (9/14) of hedgehogs in Shandong Province, China were seropositive to SFTSV antibody, suggesting that hedgehog could be a vertebrate parasitifer for SFTSV.

Keywords: Bunyavirus; SFTSV; hedgehog; seroprevalence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / virology
  • China / epidemiology
  • Disease Reservoirs / veterinary
  • Hedgehogs / blood
  • Hedgehogs / virology*
  • Phlebovirus*
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral