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- Title
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus among Domesticated Animals, China.
- Authors
Guoyu Niu; Jiandong Li; Mifang Liang; Xiaolin Jiang; Mei Jiang; Haiying Yin; Zhidian Wang; Chuan Li; Quanfu Zhang; Cong Jin; Xianjun Wang; Shujun Ding; Zheng Xing; Shiwen Wang; Zhenqiang Bi; Dexin Li
- Abstract
To investigate the infections of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) in domesticated animals, we sampled a total of 3,039 animals in 2 counties in Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, from April to November 2011. SFTSV-specific antibodies were detected in 328 (69.5%) of 472 sheep, 509 (60.5%) of 842 cattle, 136 (37.9%) of 359 dogs, 26 (3.1%) of 839 pigs, and 250 (47.4%) of 527 chickens. SFTSV RNA was detected in all sampled animal species, but the prevalence was low, ranging from 1.7% to 5.3%. A cohort study in 38 sheep was conducted to determine when seroconversion to SFTSV occured. SFTSVs were isolated from sheep, cattle, and dogs and shared >95% sequence homology with human isolates from the same disease-endemic regions. These findings demonstrate that natural infections of SFTSV occur in several domesticated animal hosts in disease-endemic areas and that the virus has a wide host range.
- Subjects
DOMESTIC animal diseases; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRAL antibodies; RNA; SEROCONVERSION; HOST-virus relationships
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, Vol 19, Issue 5, p756
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1905.120245