Epidemiological Survey of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Ticks in Nagasaki, Japan

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging disease endemic in East Asia. Transmitted to other organisms by infected ticks, the SFTS virus (SFTSV) and is endemic to Nagasaki in western Japan. However, epidemiological information regarding SFTSV in Nagasaki ticks has not been av...

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Main Authors: Hayasaka, Daisuke, Shimada, Satoshi, Aoki, Kotaro, Takamatsu, Yuki, Uchida, Leo, Horio, Masahiro, Fuxun, Yu, Morita, Kouichi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593780/