Table 4. Epidemiological analysis of trapped animals in study of seroprevalence of SFTSV in hedgehogs, China.
Location | Animal no. | SFTSV antibody positive rate, % | SFTSV RNA positive rate, % | Tick no. | SFTSV RNA–positive tick rate, %† |
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Linfen | 6 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 104 | 50 |
Xinyang | 8 | 25 | 0 | 160 | 12.5 |
Weifang | 35 | 25.7 | 11.1 | 216 | 11.1 |
*Viral RNA was tested by PCR. SFTSV, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus. †Ratio of hedgehogs infested with SFTSV RNA–positive ticks.