ABSTRACT
Objective To learn the epidemiological status of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS). Methods The surveillance sites were established in two county level hospitals and two township health centers in Ningbo city.Using the diagnostic criteria of the national ministry of health and questionnaire of epidemiological case survey,cases with SFTS were investigated.The SFTS virus was isolated with Vero cells from the positive serum and the gene sequence was analyzed.Results Eleven cases were reported during year 2012—2013,including one person died.A total of 156 ticks were detected negative.The positive rate of serum collected from healthy people in local area was 6.14% and increased with age(P <0.01).There were a close relationship between five isolates of Ningbo and isolates of Japan and Zhoushan,and the gene sequence similarity was more than 96%.Conclusion SFTS cases were reported in Ningbo City, and the surveillance system should be strengthened especially for the disease detection.