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Case Reports
. 2014 Aug;20(8):1355-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid2008.131796.

Antibodies against severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in healthy persons, China, 2013

Lei Zhang, Jimin Sun, Jie Yan, Huakun Lv, Chengliang Chai, Yi Sun, Bin Shao, Jianmin Jiang, Zhiping Chen, Jeroen Kortekaas, Yanjun Zhang
Case Reports

Antibodies against severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in healthy persons, China, 2013

Lei Zhang et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Aug.

Abstract

In June 2013, a subclinical infection with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) was detected in Zhejiang Province, China, prompting seroprevalence studies in 6 districts within the province. Of 986 healthy persons tested, 71 had IgG antibodies against SFTSV. This finding suggests that most natural infections with SFTSV are mild or subclinical.

Keywords: China; SFTSV; Zhejiang Province; healthy persons; seroprevalence; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus; viruses.

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Figure 1
Location of Zhejiang Province in China (left) and the location of selected districts (right) within the province where serum samples of healthy persons were collected and tested in 2013 for the presence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus–specific IgG and IgM.
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Figure 2
Seroprevalence of IgG to severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in healthy persons from selected districts in Zhejiang Province, China, 2013.
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