Volume 18, Number 6—June 2012
Dispatch
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus, Shandong Province, China
Li Zhao, Shenyong Zhai, Hongling Wen, Feng Cui, Yuanyuan Chi, Ling Wang, Fuzhong Xue, Qian Wang, Zhiyu Wang, Shoufeng Zhang, Yanyan Song, Jun Du, and Xue-jie Yu
Table 1
Age distribution of anti–severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus IgG/IgM detected in healthy human volunteers from rural area of Yiyuan County, Shandong Province, China
| Age group, y | No. persons tested | No. seropositive by ELISA (titer) |
|---|---|---|
| 0–20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21–30 | 4 | 1 (128) |
| 31–40 | 19 | 0 |
| 41–50 | 77 | 0 |
| 51–60 | 76 | 1 (512) |
| 61–70 | 34 | 0 |
| 71–80 | 27 | 0 |
| >81 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 237 | 2 |
