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Phylogeographic analysis of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus from Zhoushan Islands, China: implication for transmission across the ocean.
Scientific reports - 25 Jan 2016
Fu Yongfeng, Li Shibo, Zhang Zhao, Man Suqin, Li Xueping, Zhang Wenhong, Zhang Chiyu, Cheng Xunjia
Abstract excerpt
From June 2011 to August 2014, 21 cases of infection by severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus (SFTSV) were confirmed in Zhoushan Islands in the Eastern coast of China. To identify the source of SFTSV in Zhoushan Islands, the whole SFTSV genomes were amplified and sequenced from 17 of 21 patients. The L, M, and S genomic segments of these SFTSV strains were phylogenetically analyzed together with...
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