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Dirofilaria repens testicular infection in child, Italy [PDF]

, 2022
Testicular Dirofilaria repens infection was identified and confirmed by sequence analysis in a child in northeastern Italy. Because human dirofilariasis is emerging in southern and eastern Europe, this parasitic infection should be considered in the ...
Andrea Gustinelli, Francesco Pierangeli, Maria L. Fioravanti, Mario Lima, Marzia Vastano, Michela Maffi, Monica Caffara, Sara Ugolini, Stefania Varani, Tommaso Gargano   +9 more
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Residual and Late Onset Symptoms Appeared in a Patient with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia in a Convalescence Stage

Viruses, 2021
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne infectious disease caused by Dabie bandavirus (formerly SFTS virus, SFTSV). Its manifestations during the convalescent phase have not been widely described.
Kohei Kanda, Noriko Kinoshita, Satoshi Kutsuna, Keiji Nakamura, Ayako Okuhama, Akira Shimomura, Takeshi Inagaki, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Takeshi Kurosu, Masayuki Shimojima, Masayuki Saijo, Norio Ohmagari   +11 more
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Correction for Kim et al., "Self-assembling Gn head ferritin nanoparticle vaccine provides full protection from lethal challenge of <i>Dabie bandavirus</i> in aged ferrets". [PDF]

mBio
Kim D, Kim E, Kim S, Chung Y, Lai C-J, Cha I, Cho S-D, Choi Y, Dai X, Kim S, Kang S, Kwak M-J, Liu Z, Choi Y, Park S-H, Choi YK, Jung JU.   +16 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

The chigger microbiome: big questions in a tiny world [PDF]

, 2023
'Chiggers' (trombiculid mite larvae) are best known as vectors of rickettsial pathogens, Orientia spp., which cause a zoonosis, scrub typhus. However, several other pathogens (e.g., Hantaan orthohantavirus, Dabie bandavirus, Anaplasma spp., Bartonella ...
Chaisiri, Kittipong, Linsuwanon, Piyada, Makepeace, Benjamin L   +2 more
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Human-to-Human Transmission of Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Resulting in Fatal Cases: A Case Series. [PDF]

Case Rep Infect Dis
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), primarily a tick‐borne disease, can also cause fatal human‐to‐human transmission. This report analyzes a cluster of six SFTS cases identified in China in 2022, involving one index patient and five secondary infections, with an overall mortality of 83%.
Yao L, Yang X, Gao X, Yuan Y, Li C, Gao C, Shu H, Zou X, Li R, Xu J, Shang Y.   +10 more
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Hedgehogs as Amplifying Hosts of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus, China. [PDF]

, 2022
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a tickborne bandavirus mainly transmitted by Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks in East Asia, mostly in rural areas.
Du, C, Hao, J, Jiang, J-F, Lawrence, K, Lu, Y, Si, X, Xia, Q, Xu, H, Xu, W, Yang, Q, Ye, L, Yu, G, Yuan, F, Zhang, X, Zhao, C, Zheng, A   +15 more
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Whole-genome sequencing and genetic diversity of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus using multiplex PCR-based nanopore sequencing, Republic of Korea.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundWhole-genome sequencing plays a critical role in the genomic epidemiology intended to improve understanding the spread of emerging viruses. Dabie bandavirus, causing severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), is a zoonotic tick-borne ...
Jingyeong Lee, Kyungmin Park, Jongwoo Kim, Seung-Ho Lee, Geum-Young Lee, Seungchan Cho, Heung-Chul Kim, Terry A Klein, Jeong-Ah Kim, Jeewan Choi, Juwan Park, Dong-Hyun Song, Se Hun Gu, Hyeongseok Yun, Jung-Eun Kim, Daesang Lee, Gyeung Haeng Hur, Seong Tae Jeong, Il-Ung Hwang, Won-Keun Kim, Jin-Won Song   +20 more
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Immune escape mechanisms of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus [PDF]

, 2022
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), which is caused by SFTS virus (SFTSV), poses a serious threat to global public health, with high fatalities and an increasing prevalence.
Bin Zhu, Bin Zhu, Junzhong Wang, Junzhong Wang, Ling Xu, Ling Xu, Tong Wang, Tong Wang, Xin Zheng, Xin Zheng   +9 more
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Susceptibility of Type I Interferon Receptor Knock-Out Mice to Heartland Bandavirus (HRTV) Infection and Efficacy of Favipiravir and Ribavirin in the Treatment of the Mice Infected with HRTV

Viruses, 2022
Heartland bandavirus (HRTV) is an emerging tick-borne virus that is distributed in the United States and that causes febrile illness with thrombocytopenia and leukocytopenia.
Hikaru Fujii, Hideki Tani, Kazutaka Egawa, Satoshi Taniguchi, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Shuetsu Fukushi, Souichi Yamada, Shizuko Harada, Takeshi Kurosu, Masayuki Shimojima, Takahiro Maeki, Chang-Kweng Lim, Mutsuyo Takayama-Ito, Takashi Komeno, Nozomi Nakajima, Yousuke Furuta, Akihiko Uda, Shigeru Morikawa, Masayuki Saijo   +18 more
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Prevalence of Bourbon and Heartland viruses in field collected ticks at an environmental field station in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA [PDF]

, 2023
Heartland and Bourbon viruses are pathogenic tick-borne viruses putatively transmitted by Amblyomma americanum, an abundant tick species in Missouri. To assess the prevalence of these viruses in ticks, we collected 2778 ticks from eight sampling sites at
Adalsteinsson, Solny A, Antia, Avan, Aviles-Gamboa, Anahi, Aziati, Ishmael D, Boon, Adrianus C M, Harastani, Houda, Joshi, Astha, Lee, Preston, McFarland, Derek, Jr., Wang, David   +9 more
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