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A New Segmented Virus Associated with Human Febrile Illness in China.
Wang, Ze-Dong; Wang, Bo; Wei, Feng; Han, Shu-Zheng; Zhang, Li; Yang, Zheng-Tao; Yan, Yan; Lv, Xiao-Long; Li, Liang; Wang, Shu-Chao; Song, Ming-Xin; Zhang, Hao-Ji; Huang, Shu-Jian; Chen, Jidang; Huang, Fu-Qiang; Li, Shuang; Liu, Huan-Huan; Hong, Jian; Jin, Yu-Lan; Wang, Wei; Zhou, Ji-Yong; Liu, Quan.
Affiliation
  • Wang ZD; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Wang B; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Wei F; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Han SZ; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Zhang L; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Yang ZT; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Yan Y; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Lv XL; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Li L; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Wang SC; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Song MX; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Zhang HJ; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Huang SJ; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Chen J; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Huang FQ; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Li S; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Liu HH; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Hong J; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Jin YL; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Wang W; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Zhou JY; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
  • Liu Q; From the School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong Province (Z.-D.W., Z.-T.Y., H.-J.Z., S.-J.H., J.C., F.-Q.H., Q.L.), the Military Veterinary Institute, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province (Z.-D.W., L.L., S.-C.W., Q.L.), MOA Key Labora
N Engl J Med ; 380(22): 2116-2125, 2019 05 30.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31141633
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

In 2017, surveillance for tickborne diseases in China led to the identification of a patient who presented to a hospital in Inner Mongolia with a febrile illness that had an unknown cause. The clinical manifestation of the illness was similar to that of tickborne encephalitis virus (TBEV) infection, but neither TBEV RNA nor antibodies against the virus were detected.

METHODS:

We obtained a blood specimen from the index patient and attempted to isolate and identify a causative pathogen, using genome sequence analysis and electron microscopy. We also initiated a heightened surveillance program in the same hospital to screen for other patients who presented with fever, headache, and a history of tick bites. We used reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) and cell-culture assays to detect the pathogen and immunofluorescence and neutralization assays to determine the levels of virus-specific antibodies in serum specimens from the patients.

RESULTS:

We found that the index patient was infected with a previously unknown segmented RNA virus, which we designated Alongshan virus (ALSV) and which belongs to the jingmenvirus group of the family Flaviviridae. ALSV infection was confirmed by RT-PCR assay in 86 patients from Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang who presented with fever, headache, and a history of tick bites. Serologic assays showed that seroconversion had occurred in all 19 patients for whom specimens were available from the acute phase and the convalescent phase of the illness.

CONCLUSIONS:

A newly discovered segmented virus was found to be associated with a febrile illness in northeastern China. (Funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.).
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tick-Borne Diseases / Flaviviridae / Communicable Diseases, Emerging Type of study: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: N Engl J Med Year: 2019 Type: Article
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Tick-Borne Diseases / Flaviviridae / Communicable Diseases, Emerging Type of study: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: N Engl J Med Year: 2019 Type: Article