TY - JOUR AU - Yoo, Jeong Rae AU - Heo, Sang Taek AU - Song, Sung Wook AU - Bae, Seung Geon AU - Lee, Seul AU - Choi, Sungho AU - Lee, Chaehyun AU - Jeong, Sugyeong AU - Kim, Myeongseop AU - Sa, Woojin AU - Lee, Yeongrim AU - Choi, Haseon AU - Kee, Sun-Ho AU - Lee, Keun Hwa T1 - Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in Ticks and SFTS Incidence in Humans, South Korea T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 9 SP - 2292 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During 2016–2018, we collected 3,193 ticks from rural areas in South Korea to investigate the prevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). We detected SFTSV in ticks at an infection rate (IR) of 11.1%. We noted increases in the human IR associated with the monthly SFTSV IR in ticks. KW - Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus KW - tickborne diseases KW - vectorborne diseases KW - zoonoses KW - South Korea KW - vector-borne infections KW - viruses KW - severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome KW - SFTS KW - SFTSV DO - 10.3201/eid2609.200065 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/20-0065_article ER - End of Reference