Lethal Disease in Dogs Naturally Infected with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 14; no. 9; p. 1963
• Main Authors: Ishijima, Keita, Tatemoto, Kango, Park, Eunsil, Kimura, Masanobu, Fujita, Osamu, Taira, Masakatsu, Kuroda, Yudai, Mendoza, Milagros Virhuez, Inoue, Yusuke, Harada, Michiko, Matsuu, Aya, Shimoda, Hiroshi, Kuwata, Ryusei, Morikawa, Shigeru, Maeda, Ken
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Animal diseases; animal hospital in Japan; Anorexia; Antibodies; Antigens; Care and treatment; Cats; Diagnosis; Disease control; Diseases; dog; Dogs; ELISA; Fever; genes; Genomes; Huaiyangshan banyangvirus; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin M; Infections; Leukopenia; Maximum likelihood method; Patient outcomes; Phylogenetics; Plasma; RT-PCR; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus; Thrombocytopenia; ticks; Veterinary medicine; Viruses; Vomiting; zoonosis; Japan; South Korea; United States > US; China; Germany

Severe fever with the thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) causes fatal disease in humans, cats, and cheetahs. In this study, the information on seven dogs with SFTS was summarized. All dogs showed anorexia, high fever, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia, two dogs showed vomiting and loose stool, a...