Risk assessment of infection with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus based on a 10-year serosurveillance in Yamaguchi Prefecture

• Published in: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science Vol. 84; no. 8; pp. 1142 - 1145
• Main Authors: KURODA, Yudai, TAKANO, Ai, SHIMODA, Hiroshi, INOUE, Yusuke, KUWATA, Ryusei, MENDOZA, Milagros VIRHUEZ, TATEMOTO, Kango, ISHIJIMA, Keita, MORIKAWA, Shigeru, TAIRA, Masakatsu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE 2022; The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science
• Subjects: severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; sika deer; Virology; wild boar

In Japan, the first patient with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome was reported in Yamaguchi in 2012. To understand the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) infection in this region, a retrospective surveillance in sika deer and wild boars in Yamaguchi was conducted us...