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Vectors, Hosts, and the Possible Risk Factors Associated with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome

Table 1

The results of SFTSV RNA detection in ticks.

Tick speciesSourcesPositive rate (%)Positive poolsTest poolsCountry

H. longicornisAnimal0.0002China [11]
Animal0.993303China [12]
Animal0.465511856ROK [9]
Animal4.84651342China [13]
Vegetation1.306461China [13]
Vegetation4.77481006ROK [14]
Vegetation0.061117570ROK [15]
Vegetation0.000732ROK [16]
Animal and vegetation4.408182China [17]
Vegetation0.0003Japan [18]
H. flavaVegetation1.155436ROK [14]
Vegetation0.2483317ROK [15]
Vegetation0.00062ROK [16]
Vegetation12.5018Japan [18]
H. concinnaAnimal21.251780China [11]
H. japonicaAnimal0.0003China [11]
H. yeniAnimal0.0001China [11]
H. campanulataAnimal0.0009China [13]
H. phasianaVegetation0.0008ROK [15]
H. formosensisVegetation23.53417Japan [18]
H. hystricisVegetation50.0024Japan [18]
H. kitaokaiVegetation0.0007Japan [18]
H. megaspinosaVegetation33.3313Japan [18]
I. nipponensisVegetation0.00023ROK [14]
Vegetation0.401249ROK [15]
Vegetation0.0002ROK [16]
I. turdusVegetation0.0003ROK [15]
A. testudinariumVegetation20.0015ROK [14]
Vegetation0.00011ROK [15]
Vegetation50.0024Japan [18]
R. microplusAnimal8.00450China [13]
D. sinicusAnimal0.0005China [13]
Ticks unclassifiedAnimal and vegetation3.00331095China [19]
Vegetation0.1198313ROK [3]
Vegetation4.819187ROK [20]
Vegetation2.12632973ROK [21]