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Volume 19, Number 5—May 2013
Research

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus among Domesticated Animals, China

Guoyu Niu1, Jiandong Li1, Mifang Liang, Xiaolin Jiang, Mei Jiang, Haiying Yin, Zhidian Wang, Chuan Li, Quanfu Zhang, Cong Jin, Xianjun Wang, Shujun Ding, Zheng Xing, Shiwen Wang, Zhenqiang Bi, and Dexin LiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Key Laboratory for Medical Virology–Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (G. Niu, J. Li, M. Liang, C. Li, Q. Zhang, C. Jin, S. Wang, D. Li); Shandong Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, China (X. Jiang, X. Wang, S. Ding, Z. Bi); Yantai City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yantai, China (M. Jiang); Laizhou County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Laizhou, China (H. Yin); Penglai County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Penglai, China (Z. Wang); Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China (Z. Xing)

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Table

Summary of SFTS virus viral RNA and specific antibodies detected in domesticated animals, China, 2011

Animal hosts Laizhou Province
 Penglai Province
 Total
No. (%) RNA positive† No. (%) antibody positive No. serum samples tested No. (%) RNA positive† No. (%) antibody positive) No. serum samples tested No. (%) RNA positive† No. (%) antibody positive No. serum samples tested
Sheep 7 (3.4) 142 (69.3) 205 11 (4.1) 186 (69.7) 267 18 (3.8) 315 (69.5) 472
Cattle 22 (5.1) 233 (53.7) 433 13 (3.2) 276 (67.5) 409 35 (4.2) 442 (60.4) 842
Dogs 12 (6.6) 70 (38.5) 182 7 (4) 66 (37.3) 177 19 (5.3) 136 (37.9) 359
Pigs 13 (3.1) 3 (0.7) 426 9 (2.2) 23 (5.6) 413 22 (2.6) 26 (3.1) 839
Chickens 7 (2.7) 149 (57.1) 261 2 (0.8) 101 (38) 266 9 (1.7) 250 (47.4) 527

*SFTS, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus.
†Serum from sampled animals of each species was collected from April to November 2011.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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