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TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES
Volume 60, Issue 3, Pages 193-196Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12085
Keywords
Tembusu virus; human; ducks; Flavivirus; antibodies
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- China Agriculture Research System [CARS-43-34]
- National Natural Science Funds [31272583]
- Shandong Natural Science Funds [ZR2012CM002]
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Tembusu virus (TMUV) infection in ducks, geese and house sparrows was reported in China. To confirm the emergence of TMUV in humans, we investigated TMUV as a possible infection in duck industry workers in Shandong, China. Of 132 serum samples tested, 95 (71.9%) had TMUV antibodies. In oral swabs detection, 63 (47.7%) samples were positive for TMUV RNA. Nucleotide sequences of 277bp coding the partial NS3 protein showed more than 99.5% identity with other duck TMUV strains, which can cause severe egg drop in ducks. These findings contribute to the realization that TMUV may be overlooked as a zoonotic transmission in China.
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