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Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022
Research

Hedgehogs as Amplifying Hosts of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus, China

Chaoyue Zhao, Xing Zhang, Xiaoxi Si, Ling Ye, Kevin Lawrence, Yajun Lu, Chunhong Du, Haidong Xu, Qian Yang, Qianfeng Xia, Guoxiang Yu, Wei Xu, Fei Yuan, Junfeng HaoComments to Author , Jia-Fu Jiang, and Aihua ZhengComments to Author 
Author affiliations: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (C. Zhao, F. Yuan, A. Zheng); CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (C. Zhao, X. Zhang, A. Zheng); College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China (X. Si); Daishan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China (L. Ye); Massey University School of Veterinary Science, Palmerston North, New Zealand (K. Lawrence); Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, School of Tropical Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China (Y. Lu, Q. Xia); Yunnan Institute of Endemic Diseases Control and Prevention, Yunnan, China (C. Du); Shaozhuang Primary School, Weifang, China (H. Xu); Department of Infectious Disease, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang, Shandong, China (Q. Yang); Changdao National Nature Reserve Management Center, Yantai, Shandong, China (G. Yu); Xinyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xinyang, Henan, China (W. Xu); Core Facility for Protein Research, Institute of Biophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (J. Hao); State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing (J. Jiang)

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Naive Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks infected by SFTSV through cofeeding with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV)–positive ticks on naive Atelerix albiventris hedgehogs in study of hedgehogs as amplifying hosts of SFTSV in China. A) Engorged nymph ticks. B) Engorged adult ticks. C) Adults molted from the engorged nymph ticks. Nymph ticks were inoculated with SFTSV by feeding on SFTSV-infected hedgehogs. After molting, the SFTSV-carrying adult ticks and naive nymph and adult H. longicornis ticks were fed on 3 naive A. albiventris hedgehogs. The fully engorged ticks were collected 7–10 days after biting. SFTSV RNA level was monitored in ticks as shown by RNA copies per mg of tick. Each dot indicates 1 tick; horizontal lines indicate medians. Numbers along baselines represent individual hedgehogs.

Figure 7. Naive Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks infected by SFTSV through cofeeding with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV)–positive ticks on naive Atelerix albiventris hedgehogs in study of hedgehogs as amplifying hosts of SFTSV in China. A) Engorged nymph ticks. B) Engorged adult ticks. C) Adults molted from the engorged nymph ticks. Nymph ticks were inoculated with SFTSV by feeding on SFTSV-infected hedgehogs. After molting, the SFTSV-carrying adult ticks and naive nymph and adult H. longicornis ticks were fed on 3 naive A. albiventris hedgehogs. The fully engorged ticks were collected 7–10 days after biting. SFTSV RNA level was monitored in ticks as shown by RNA copies per mg of tick. Each dot indicates 1 tick; horizontal lines indicate medians. Numbers along baselines represent individual hedgehogs.

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