Molecular detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) in feral cats from Seoul, Korea

Jusun Hwang; Jun Gu Kang; Sung Suck Oh; Jeong Byoung Chae; Yun Kyung Cho; Young Sun Cho; Hang Lee; Joon Seok Chae

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.08.005

Molecular detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) in feral cats from Seoul, Korea

Jusun Hwang
, Jun Gu Kang
, Sung Suck Oh
, Jeong Byoung Chae
, Yun Kyung Cho
, Young Sun Cho
, Hang Lee
, Joon Seok Chae^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Korea Zoonosis Research Institute at Jeonbuk National University

University of Georgia
Seoul National University

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Abstract

This study tested serum samples of feral cats from a highly urbanized habitat, Seoul, Korea to determine the infection to severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV). From 126 samples tested, SFTSV was detected by RT-PCR in 22 (17.5%) cats from various sites of Seoul. Sequences identified from this study were grouped with clusters from China and Japan. Our result provides data that SFTSV may have been circulating in settings that were suspected to have relatively low risk, such as highly urbanized habitats. Thus it warrants further study to investigate the ecology of SFTSV in urban-dwelling animals including ticks, human and other potential host species.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9-12
Number of pages	4
Journal	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.08.005
State	Published - 2017.01.1

Keywords

Feral cat
Korea
RT-PCR
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus
Urban habitat

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Molecular detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) in feral cats from Seoul, Korea

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