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Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Research Letter

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Ticks and SFTS Incidence in Humans, South Korea

Jeong Rae Yoo1, Sang Taek Heo1, Sung Wook Song, Seung Geon Bae, Seul Lee, Sungho Choi, Chaehyun Lee, Sugyeong Jeong, Myeongseop Kim, Woojin Sa, Yeongrim Lee, Haseon Choi, Sun-Ho Kee, and Keun Hwa LeeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea (J.R. Yoo, S.T. Heo, S.W. Song, S.G. Bae, S. Lee, S. Choi, C. Lee, S. Jeong, M. Kim, W. Sa, Y. Lee, H. Choi); Korea University, Seoul, South Korea (S.-H. Kee); Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul (K.H. Lee).

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Geographic distribution of patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) during January 2013–January 2019 and yearly incidence rates of SFTS virus (SFTSV) from June 2016–January 2019 on Jeju Island, South Korea. Inset shows location of Jeju Island near of the coast of South Korea. Orange indicate regions of patients with SFTS in 2013–2019. Graphs show SFTSV detected in ticks and cases of human SFTS in A) Jeo Ji-ri; B) Aewol-eup; C) Seon Hul-ri; D) Ha Do-ri; and E) Bo Mok-ri. A

Figure. Geographic distribution of patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) during January 2013–January 2019 and yearly incidence rates of SFTS virus (SFTSV) from June 2016–January 2019 on Jeju Island, South Korea. Inset shows location of Jeju Island near the coast of South Korea. Orange indicate regions of patients with SFTS in 2013–2019. Graphs show SFTSV detected in ticks and cases of human SFTS in A) Jeo Ji-ri; B) Aewol-eup; C) Seon Hul-ri; D) Ha Do-ri; and E) Bo Mok-ri. AR, Ara-dong; AW, Aewol-eup; BG, Bonggae-dong; BM, Bo Mok-ri; DR, Daeryun-dong; GJ, Ganjeong-dong; GJW, Gujwa-eup; HB, Hwabug-dong; HD, Ha Do-ri; ILD, Ildo-dong; ID, Ido-dong; JC, Jocheon-eup; JJ, Jeo Ji-ri; NH, Nohyeong-dong; NW, Nanwon-eup; PS, Pyoseon-myeon; SHO, Seohong-dong; SH, Seon Hul-ri; SY, Samyang-dong; WP, Wolpyeong-dong.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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