Diagnostic system for the detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus RNA from suspected infected animals.

<h4>Background</h4>Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and cats. Clinical symptoms of SFTS-infected cats resemble those of SFTS patients, whereas SFTS-contracted cats have high levels of viral RNA loads in the serum and body...

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Main Authors: Eun-Sil Park, Osamu Fujita, Masanobu Kimura, Akitoyo Hotta, Koichi Imaoka, Masayuki Shimojima, Masayuki Saijo, Ken Maeda, Shigeru Morikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238671