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Reverse Genetics System for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus
1 Jan 2015
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is an emerging tick-borne pathogen that was first reported in China in 2009. Phylogenetic analysis of the viral genome showed that SFTS virus represents a new lineage within the Phlebovirus genus, distinct from the existing sandfly fever and Uukuniemi virus groups, in the family Bunyaviridae. SFTS disease is characterized by gastrointestinal...
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