Figure 1.

Schematic diagram of the structure and genome of the SFTSV ^1,2. SFTSV genome included L, M, and S segments. The antisense RNA and the encoded ORFs are represented in orange and blue boxes respectively. In L, M, and S genomic RNAs, only the first 20 Nts of both the 5′ and 3′ termini of each segment are shown. The first 15 Nts of both the 5′ and 3′ termini of each segment are paired and conserved except for the mismatches A–C/G or C–U in red color and C–C or G–G in blue color. Note: The data were sourced from the report of Li et al. and processed in photoshop 7.0 ¹