Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a novel phlebovirus in the Bunyaviridae family; SFTSV was first identified in China in 2010 and has ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListAmJTropMedHygv.92(4);2015Apr1PMC4385759AmJTropMedHyg.2015Apr1;92(4):684–689.doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0008PMCID:PMC4385759PMID:25711611SFTSVirusinTicksinanEndemicAreaofChinaShiwenWang,†JiandongLi,†GuoyuNiu,†XianjunWang,†ShujunDing,XiaolinJiang,ChuanLi,QuanfuZhang,MifangLiang,ZhenqiangBi,andDexinLi*AuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerKeyLaboratoryforMedicalVirology,NationalInstituteforViralDiseaseControlandPrevention,ChinaCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,Beijing,China;TianjinInternationalTravelHealthCareCenter,Tianjin,China;ShandongProvinceCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,Jinan,Shandong,China*AddresscorrespondencetoDexinLi,InstituteforViralDiseaseControlandPrevention,ChinaCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,ChangbaiLu155,ChangpingDistrict,Beijing102206,China.E-mail:nc.cdcanihc@xdil†Theseauthorscontributedequally.Received2014Jan3;Accepted2014Nov13.Copyright©TheAmericanSocietyofTropicalMedicineandHygieneThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Intotal,3,145ticksofthespeciesHaemaphysalislongicornis(3,048;96.9%),R.microplus(82;2.6%),H.campanulata(9;0.3%),andDermacentorsinicus(5;0.2%)werecollectedfromanimalsandvegetationatYantaiinShandongProvince.Bothadultandimmaturetickswereobtained,andalltickscollectedfromvegetationwereunfed.Eggswereobtainedfrom22blood-fedfemaleticksthroughmaintenanceatroomtemperatureaftercollection.Severefeverwiththrombocytopeniasyndromevirus(SFTSV)viralRNAwasidentifiedinH.longicornisandR.microplus,withaprevalenceof4.75per100ticks(95%confidenceinterval[95%CI]=3.87–5.63)fortickscollectedfromanimalsand2.24per100ticks(95%CI=1.27–3.21)fortickscollectedfromvegetation.ThepossibilitythatSFTSVtransmissionmay