Human Tacheng Tick Virus 2 Infection, China, 2019

作者：Zhihui Dong, Meihua Yang, Zedong Wang, Shuo Zhao, Songsong Xie, Yicheng Yang, Gang Liu, Shanshan Zhao, Jing Xie, Quan Liu, Yuanzhi Wang · 发表于：Emerging infectious diseases · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.3201/eid2702.191486 · 被引用次数：51 · 研究领域：Viral Infections and Vectors、Vector-Borne Animal Diseases、Plant and Fungal Interactions Research

We used metagenomic analysis to identify Tacheng tick virus 2 infection in a patient with a history of tick bite in northwestern China. We confirmed the virus with reverse transcription-PCR, virus isolation, and genomic analysis. We detected viral RNA in 9.6% of ticks collected from the same region.