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Emerg Infect Dis
; 26(9): 2292-2294, 2020 09.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32818414
ABSTRACT
During 2016-2018, we collected 3,193 ticks from rural areas in South Korea to investigate the prevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). We detected SFTSV in ticks at an infection rate (IR) of 11.1%. We noted increases in the human IR associated with the monthly SFTSV IR in ticks.
Subject(s)
Bunyaviridae Infections , Phlebovirus , Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome , Ticks , Animals , Bunyaviridae Infections/epidemiology , Humans , Incidence , Phlebovirus/genetics , Republic of Korea/epidemiology
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Emerg Infect Dis
; 24(11): 2103-2105, 2018 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30334706
ABSTRACT
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) was reported in China in 2009 and in South Korea in 2012. We found retrospective evidence of SFTS virus infection in South Korea in 2010, suggesting that infections in South Korea occurred before previously reported and were more concurrent with those in China.