{"title":"Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus to Human from Nonindigenous Tick Host, Japan","authors":"Qiang Xu, Takeshi Nabeshima, Koichiro Hamada, Takashi Sugimoto, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Kouichi Morita, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Takahiro Maeda, Koya Ariyoshi, Yuki Takamatsu","doi":"10.3201/eid3011.240912","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>We report a human case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection transmitted by a tick, confirmed by viral identification. <em>Haemaphysalis aborensis</em>, a tick species not native to Japan that has been observed to transmit the virus to humans, is now recognized as a potential vector of this virus in Japan. </p>","PeriodicalId":11595,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Emerging Infectious Diseases","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3011.240912","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"IMMUNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report a human case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection transmitted by a tick, confirmed by viral identification. Haemaphysalis aborensis, a tick species not native to Japan that has been observed to transmit the virus to humans, is now recognized as a potential vector of this virus in Japan.
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