Seroepidemiological Evidence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infections in Wild Boars in Nagasaki, Japan

Overview

Journal Trop Med Health

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2016 Jul 20

PMID 27433125

Citations 22

Authors

Daisuke Hayasaka

Yu Fuxun

Akira Yoshikawa

Guillermo Posadas-Herrera

Satoshi Shimada

Mya Myat Ngwe Tun

Masanobu Agoh

Kouichi Morita

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Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging disease in East Asia. It is thought that the SFTS virus (SFTSV) circulates between ticks and animals in nature and that the virus is transmitted to humans by tick bites. SFTS is endemic to Nagasaki in western Japan; however, epidemiological information regarding SFTSV in Nagasaki is not known. In this study, we performed SFTSV IgG ELISAs and neutralization antibody assays for a seroepidemiological survey using samples from wild boars captured in six areas of Nagasaki. SFTSV seropositive animals were found in three areas. Our findings provide epidemiological information on the distribution of SFTSV in Nagasaki.

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