3 Topic Commentaries

New Tick-Borne Virus Identified in China

New Tick-Borne Virus Identified in China

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  Heinz Feldmann, MD, PhD

  Virology; Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

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  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health

  Overall, the identification of SFTSV is a prime example of the rapid discovery of a truly emerging infectious disease and its cause.

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  Bobbi S. Pritt, MD

  Clinical Microbiology; Parasitology; Tick-borne Infections

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  Mayo Clinic

  One virus, in particular, we'd be quite worried about is one called severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, which causes a potentially fatal hemorrhagic fever,

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  Paulo H. Verardi, PhD

  Virology; Vaccines; Tick-borne Diseases

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  University of Connecticut

  The Asian longhorned tick has received particular attention in the past few years because it has been associated with the transmission of an emerging viral disease in China, South Korea, and Japan, called SFTS.

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