Of 103 serum samples collected from dogs in South Korea, 3 (2.9%) were positive for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) and 22 (21.4%) were positive for antibodies against SFTSV. A dog-derived isolate of SFTSV clustered with many South Korea SFTSV strains in the Japanese clade.
Keywords: South Korea; dogs; phleboviruses; reverse transcription PCR; severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus; ticks; vector-borne infections; viruses.