Figure 2 - Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus by Haemaphysalis longicornis Ticks, China - Volume 24, Number 5—May 2018 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC

Figure 2 - Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus by <em>Haemaphysalis longicornis</em> Ticks, China - Volume 24, Number 5—May 2018 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC

Volume 24, Number 5—May 2018

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Transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus by Haemaphysalis longicornis Ticks, China

Lu Zhuang1, Yi Sun1, Xiao-Ming Cui1, Fang Tang, Jian-Gong Hu, Li-Yuan Wang, Ning Cui, Zhen-Dong Yang, Dou-Dou Huang, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Wei Liu , and Wu-Chun Cao 

Author affiliations: Affiliated Bayi Children’s Hospital, PLA Army General Hospital, Beijing, China (L. Zhuang); Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Organ Failure, Beijing (L. Zhuang); Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing (L. Zhuang, Y. Sun, X.-M. Cui, J.-G. Hu, L.-Y. Wang, D.-D. Huang, X.-A. Zhang, W. Liu, W.-C. Cao); Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese People’s Armed Police Forces, Beijing (F. Tang); The 154 Hospital, People’s Liberation Army, Xinyang, China (N. Cui, Z.-D. Yang)

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Figure 2. Specific detection of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) in tissues of adult Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks by indirect fluorescence assay. The green fluorescence represents the SFTS virus.  A) Salivary gland of SFTSV-injected tick (original magnification ×40). B) Midgut of SFTSV-injected H. longicornis tick (original magnification ×10). C) Ovary of SFTSV-injected tick (original magnification ×40). D) Salivary gland of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS)–injected tick (original magnification ×40). E) Midgut of PBS-injected H. longicornis tick (original magnification ×10). F) Ovary of PBS-injected tick (original magnification ×40).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.