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We isolated severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) from farmed minks in China, providing evidence of natural SFTSV infection in farmed minks. Our findings support the potential role of farmed minks in maintaining SFTSV and are helpful for the development of public health interventions to reduce human infection.
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Disease Outbreaks , Mink , Phlebovirus , Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome , Phlebovirus/genetics , Phlebovirus/isolation & purification , Phlebovirus/classification , China/epidemiology , Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome/epidemiology , Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome/virology , Animals , Mink/virology , Phylogeny , Humans , FarmsABSTRACT
We report the isolation of Tamdy virus from Hyalomma asiaticum ticks in northwest China and serologic evidence of human Tamdy virus infection in the same region. These findings highlight the need to further investigate a potential causal relationship between Tamdy virus and febrile illnesses of unknown etiology in that region.
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Ixodidae , Ticks , Viruses , Animals , China/epidemiology , HumansABSTRACT
The distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a tickborne arboviral disease, is not well known in West Africa. We report 2 recent human cases of CCHF with infectious syndrome and severe bleeding in Mauritania. CCHF was diagnosed by ELISA and real time reverse transcription PCR. No secondary CCHF cases were found.