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Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019
Research Letter

Tamdy Virus in Ixodid Ticks Infesting Bactrian Camels, Xinjiang, China, 2018

Hong Zhou1, Zhenghai Ma1, Tao Hu, Yuhai Bi, Amutikari Mamuti, Runyuan Yu, Michael J. Carr, Mang Shi, Juan Li, Kirill Sharshov, George F. Gao, and Weifeng ShiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, China (H. Zhou, T. Hu, R. Yu, J. Li, W. Shi); Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China (Z. Ma, A. Mamuti); Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (Y. Bi, G.F. Gao); University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (M.J. Carr); Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (M.J. Carr); Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (M. Shi); The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (M. Shi); Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia (K. Sharshov); Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (G.F. Gao)

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Identification of the Tamdy virus (TAMV) strain XJ01/TAMV/China/2018 from Hyalomma asiaticum ticks infesting Bactrian camels in Xinjiang, China, 2018, by cell culture and phylogenetic analysis. A) Light micrographs of cytopathic effects caused by TAMV infection at 11 days postinfection. Left, normal Vero cells as control; right, infected Vero cells with apparent cytopathic effects (black arrows). Original magnification ×100. B) Phylogenetic analysis of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase protein se

Figure. Identification of the Tamdy virus (TAMV) strain XJ01/TAMV/China/2018 from Hyalomma asiaticum ticks infesting Bactrian camels in Xinjiang, China, 2018, by cell culture and phylogenetic analysis. A) Light micrographs of cytopathic effects caused by TAMV infection at 11 days postinfection. Left, normal Vero cells as control; right, infected Vero cells with apparent cytopathic effects (black arrows). Original magnification ×100. B) Phylogenetic analysis of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase protein sequences of TAMV and representative viruses in the family Nairoviridae. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site. Star indicates strain from this study.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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