The causative agent is SFTS bunyavirus (SFTSV), a novel member of the Phlebovirus species in the family Bunyaviridae. ... Since SFTS was designated as the ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListAmJTropMedHygv.92(3);2015Mar4PMC4350533AmJTropMedHyg.2015Mar4;92(3):479–481.doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0447PMCID:PMC4350533PMID:25624404TheSevereFeverwithThrombocytopeniaSyndromeBunyavirus(SFTSV)AntibodyinaHighlyEndemicRegionfrom2011to2013:AComparativeSerologicalStudyChunyanHu,†ChentaoGuo,†ZhendongYang,LiyuanWang,JiangongHu,ShuliQin,NingCui,WeiPeng,KunLiu,WeiLiu,*andWuchunCao*AuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerGraduateSchoolofAnhuiMedicalUniversity,Hefei,Anhui,China;StateKeyLaboratoryofPathogenandBiosecurity,BeijingInstituteofMicrobiologyandEpidemiology,Beijing,China;The154Hospital,Xinyang,Henan,China;TheShangchengPeople'sHospital,Xinyang,Henan,China*AddresscorrespondencetoWeiLiu,StateKeyLaboratoryofPathogenandBiosecurity,BeijingInstituteofMicrobiologyandEpidemiology,20DongdajieStreet,FengtaiDistrict,Beijing100071,China,E-mail:moc.361@emibwlorWuchunCao,StateKeyLaboratoryofPathogenandBiosecurity,BeijingInstituteofMicrobiologyandEpidemiology,20DongdajieStreet,FengtaiDistrict,Beijing100071,China,E-mail:nc.ca.imb@cwoac†Theseauthorscontributedequally.Received2014Jul17;Accepted2014Nov24.Copyright©TheAmericanSocietyofTropicalMedicineandHygieneThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.AssociatedDataSupplementaryMaterialsSupplementalDatas.SD1.pdf(126K)GUID: ECED55D9-2203-4F74-81CD-F75CC6D07B10Aseropositiverateof6.59%wasdeterminedinthehighlyendemicregionforseverefeverwiththrombocytopeniasyndrome.Asignificantcorrelationwasobservedbetweencaseincidenceandseroprevalenceontemporalandgeographiclevels.Seroprevalencewascomparableinthelast3years,indicatingastableandongoingcirculationoftheinfection.Severefeverwiththrombocytopeniasyndrome(SFTS)isanemerginghemorrhagicfeverthatwasfirstreportedinrura