Forschende identifizieren in China das neue Zeckenvirus ALTNV. Es verursacht grippeähnliche Symptome, senkt Thrombozyten und erfordert bessere Differenzialdiagnostik in SFTS-Gebieten.

Asian longhorned tick nairovirus (ALTNV): a tick-borne virus newly identified in China in 2026. What it is, how it spreads, symptoms, who is at risk, and the danger of coinfection with the SFTS virus.

ALTNV, un virus asociado a Haemaphysalis longicornis, apareció en el 15,1% de una cohorte de pacientes expuestos a garrapatas y negativos para DBV. Podría ampliar el diagnóstico diferencial de SFTS, pero no explica todos los casos.

Scientists in China have discovered a new tick-borne virus in Hubei Province, China, whose capital city is Wuhan, the same region where COVID-19

Çin'de kene ısırmasının ardından ateş, yorgunluk ve sindirim sistemi sorunları yaşayan hastalarda daha önce bilinmeyen bir virüs keşfedildi. 'ALTNV' adı verilen virüs, araştırmaya ka…

Chinese researchers working with collaborators in the United States have identified a previously unrecognized tick-borne virus that appears to be responsible for hundreds of febrile illnesses in China. Named Asian longhorned tick nairovirus (ALTNV), the pathogen belongs to the Orthonairovirus genus and was detected during surveillance of people who developed fever after tick exposure. Scienti...

A team from the State Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Biosafety in Beijing identified a previously undescribed nairovirus, which they named the Asian longhorned

Researchers led by the State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity in Beijing have named the newly identified orthonairovirus Asian longhorned tick nairovirus (ALTNV). The discovery, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, grew out of efforts to understand why about 30% of patients with symptoms suggestive of Dabie bandavirus (DBV) infection test negative for the tick-borne hemorrhagic fever. A Search for the Cause of Unexplained Tick Illness DBV causes severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a potentially deadly disease found across Asia. The infection has a case-fatality rate of 10% to 30%. Thrombocytopenia refers to an abnormally low level of platelets, the blood cells involved in clotting. The World Health Organization has identified DBV as a priority pathogen for research. To investigate unexplained cases, researchers collected samples from people who had been bitten by ticks and were treated at sentinel hospitals in regions of China where tick-borne viruses are known to circulate. Using RNA sequencing and viral isolation, the team detected the previously unknown virus. "The cocirculation of ALTNV and DBV in the same areas, coupled with their shared tick vector, underscores the need for improved differential diagnosis between infections with these viruses in regions where SFTS is...

Scientists have discovered a new tick-borne virus in China that causes flu-like illness and may account for previously unexplained cases of fever, fatigue, digestive problems, and low platelet counts. Most patients with ALTNV alone recovered, but coinfections with another dangerous tick-borne virus were linked to more serious complications.

Agência russa monitora situação após detecção do ALTNV em centenas de pacientes chineses; doença provoca febre, fadiga e problemas gastrointestinais.

Scientists in China have identified a previously unknown tick-borne virus called nairovirus that can cause a flu-like illness.

Scientists in China have identified a novel tick-borne virus that causes an influenza-like illness characterized by fever, fatigue, gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and abnormal lab findings.

Un equipo del Laboratorio Estatal Clave de Patógenos y Bioseguridad en Beijing identificó un nairovirus nunca antes descrito, al que llamaron virus nairovirus d

A new pathogenic orthonairovirus was identified in patients with a febrile illness in China. This virus was found in Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks in the same region.

Researchers in China have identified a previously unknown tick-borne virus that causes a flu-like illness, and the tick species that carries it most often is already established across a large part of the eastern United States. No human cases of the virus have been reported in this country. The virus, named Asian longhorned tick nairovirus or ALTNV, was described in the New England Journal of Medicine by a team led by researchers at the State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity in Beijing, and reported by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. It was found at the highest rate in Haemaphysalis longicornis, the Asian longhorned tick, which the United States Department of Agriculture has confirmed in 21 states and Washington, D.C. The distinction that matters for American readers is between a vector and a virus. The tick is here. The virus, as far as anyone has tested, is not. Those are two separate facts, and collapsing them would misstate the risk. The Discovery Began with Patients Who Kept Testing Negative The research began with a puzzle rather than a search for something new. About 30 percent of patients in parts of China who...

Chinese researchers have discovered a new virus spread by ticks. They've named it ALTNV, and infected people can experience fatigue, gastrointestinal symptoms and abnormal blood values, among other things. A double infection involving both this disease and the already known DBV also appears to be mo...