Zoonotic Infection with Oz Virus, a Novel Thogotovirus

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 436 - 439
• Main Authors: Tran, Ngo T.B., Shimoda, Hiroshi, Ishijima, Keita, Yonemitsu, Kenzo, Minami, Shohei, Kuroda, Yudai, Tatemoto, Kango, Mendoza, Milagros V., Kuwata, Ryusei, Takano, Ai, Muto, Masahiko, Sawabe, Kyoko, Isawa, Haruhiko, Hayasaka, Daisuke, Maeda, Ken
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.02.2022; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies; arboviruses; Causes of; Disease; Dispatch; Health surveillance; Identification and classification; Illnesses; Infections; Japan - epidemiology; Laboratories; Mammals; Mice; Neutralization; Oz virus; Pathogens; R&D; Research & development; Risk factors; RNA viruses; Thogotovirus; thogotoviruses; Tick-borne diseases; tick-borne viruses; Ticks; vector-borne infections; Viral infections; Virology; Viruses; Zoonoses; Zoonotic Infection with Oz Virus, a Novel Thogotovirus; Japan; tick-borne viruses; viruses; vector-borne infections; Japan; arboviruses; thogotoviruses; Oz virus; zoonoses
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2802.211270

Oz virus is a novel thogotovirus isolated from ticks that causes lethal infection in mice. We conducted serosurveillance of Oz virus infection among humans and wild mammals in Japan using virus-neutralization tests and ELISAs. Results showed that Oz virus may be naturally infecting humans and other mammalian hosts.