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World's first case of tick-borne Oz virus confirmed in Japan

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Mary Wilson

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Friday, June 23, 6:09
NHK

Japan's health ministry says a woman in her 70s who died last year has been found to be the first case of an infectious disease caused by the Oz virus in the country, and also the first in the world. Hard ticks are believed to be carriers of the virus.

The ministry said on Friday that a woman died of myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscles, in Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

She had visited a hospital complaining of fever and fatigue. At the time, a tick was found biting her upper thigh. An autopsy concluded she had been infected with the Oz virus.

The ministry says this is the first-ever reported case of an Oz virus infection, either fatal or not. ...

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230623_31/

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Zoonotic infection with Oz virus, a novel thogotovirus - NIH

https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2802.211270​

Tran NTB, Shimoda H, Ishijima K, Yonemitsu K, Minami S, Supriyono, et al.

Abstract

​Oz virus is a novel thogotovirus isolated from ticks that causes lethal infection in mice. We conducted serosurveillance of Oz virus infection among humans and wild mammals in Japan using virus-neutralization tests and ELISAs. Results showed that Oz virus may be naturally infecting humans and other mammalian hosts.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8798690/#:~:text=Oz%20virus%20is%20a%20novel,humans%20and% 20other%20mammalian%20hosts.
 
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