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. 2022 Dec;28(12):2491–2499. doi: 10.3201/eid2812.220668

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, %†
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.