Phylogenetic and Geographic Relationships of Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus in China, South Korea, and Japan

Tomoki Yoshikawa, Masayuki Shimojima, Shuetsu Fukushi, Hideki Tani, Aiko Fukuma, Satoshi Taniguchi, Harpal Singh, Yuto Suda, Komei Shirabe, Shoichi Toda, Yukie Shimazu, Taro Nomachi, Mutsuyo Gokuden, Toshiharu Morimitsu, Katsuyuki Ando, Akira Yoshikawa, Miki Kan, Marina Uramoto, Hideo Osako, Kouji Kida, Hirokazu Takimoto, Hiroaki Kitamoto, Fumio Terasoma, Akiko Honda, Ken Maeda, Toru Takahashi, Takuya Yamagishi, Kazunori Oishi, Shigeru Morikawa, and Masayuki Saijo Special Pathogens Laboratory, Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Yamaguchi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment, Hiroshima Prefectural Technology Research Institute, Public Health and Environment Center, Miyazaki Prefectural Institute for Public Health and Environment, Kagoshima Prefectural Institute for Environmental Research and Public Health, The Public Institute of Kochi Prefecture, Saga Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Pharmaceutical Research, Nagasaki Prefectural Institute for Environmental Research and Public Health, Omura-shi, Ehime Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Matsuyama-shi, Tokushima Prefectural Public Health, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences Centre, Kumamoto Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Uto-shi, Okayama Prefectural Institute for Public Health and Environmental Science, Shimane Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Matsue-shi, Public Health Science Research Center, Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Consumer Sciences, Hyogo-ku Kobe-shi, Wakayama Prefectural Research Center of Environment and Public Health, Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Department of Hematology, Yamaguchi Grand Medical Center, Hofu-shi, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan