Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus to Human from Nonindigenous Tick Host, Japan.

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.

SUBMITTER: Xu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11521155 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature