Serologic Evidence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus and Related Viruses in Pakistan
Ali Zohaib
1, Jingyuan Zhang
1, Muhammad Saqib
1, Muhammad Ammar Athar, Muhammad Hammad Hussain, Jing Chen, Awais-ur-Rahman Sial, M. Haleem Tayyab, Murrafa Batool, Saeed Khan, Yun Luo, Cecilia Waruhiu, Zeeshan Taj, Zulfiqar Hayder, Riaz Ahmed, Abu Bakr Siddique, Xinglou Yang, Muhammad Asif Qureshi, Ikram Uddin Ujjan, Amanullah Lail, Iahtasham Khan, Tao Zhang, Fei Deng, Zhengli Shi, Shu Shen
, and Sajjad-Ur-Rahman
Author affiliations: Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology H-12 Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan (A. Zohaib); Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China (A. Zohaib, J.Y. Zhang, J. Chen, Y. Luo, C. Waruhiu, X.-L. Yang, T. Zhang, F. Deng, Z.-L. Shi, S. Shen); University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan (M. Saqib, M. Batool, M.H. Tayyab, Sajjad-Ur-Rahman); National Institute of Virology, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan (M.A. Athar); Animal Health Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Muscat, Oman (M.H. Hussain); PMAS Aird Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (A. Sial); Dow University of Health Science, Karachi, Pakistan (S. Khan, M.A. Qureshi, A. Lail); Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan (Z. Taj); Quaid e Azam Medical College Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan (Z. Hayder); Shifa Khana Sahib Zaman Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan (R. Ahmed); Pakistan Lab Diagnostic and Research Center, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan (A. Siddique); Liaqat University of Medical and Health Science, Jamshoro, Pakistan (I.D. Ujjan); College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Jhang, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan (I. Khan); National Virus Resource Center, Wuhan (F. Deng, S. Shen)
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Figure. Seroprevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in 4 provinces of Pakistan determined on the basis of ELISA detection. Numbers on map indicate microneutralization test–positive samples/total number of samples collected from the respective provinces. KPK, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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