Highlights • First severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) case officially notified in Hokkaido, where no human or animal cases had previously been reported.• No travel history to known SFTS-endemic areas suggested local acquisition of SFTS virus (SFTSV) infection.• SFTSV infection was confirmed by polymeras...
A growing number of emerging and re-emerging tick-borne orthonairoviruses belonging to the Sulina and Tamdy genogroups have recently been identified in association with febrile diseases in East Asia. Yezo virus (YEZV) is one such viruses and is genetically distinct from well- characterized Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fev...
Yume Mimura, Takahiro Hiono, H. Arakawa et al.· bioRxiv· 0 citations
Abstract The Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) impacts the health of humans, livestock, and wildlife, both as a parasite and a vector. Over more than a century, H. longicornis has become a widespread invasive species across much of the Asia-Pacific region, with a recent emergence in North America. This...
Y. Ohari, Kodai Kusakisako, Mackenzie L. Kwak et al.· PNAS Nexus· 0 citations
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