Smelly communication between haemaphysalis longicornis and infected hosts with indolic odorants: A case from severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus

Zhitong Liu; Hao Feng; Xiaohe Liu; Bin Wu; Hong Zhang; Yi Sun; Jiahong Wu; Chunxiao Li; Jiafu Jiang

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013139

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Smelly communication between haemaphysalis longicornis and infected hosts with indolic odorants: A case from severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus

Zhitong Liu,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, Inspection and Testing Department of Jinhua center for disease prevention and Control, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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Hao Feng,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xiaohe Liu,

Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Bin Wu,

Roles Software

Affiliation Inspection and Testing Department of Jinhua center for disease prevention and Control, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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Hong Zhang,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Military Hospital of 95948 Troops of PLA, Jiuquan, Gansu, China
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Yi Sun ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 378176938@qq.com (YS); jiahongw@gmc.edu.cn (JW)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6871-6975

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Jiahong Wu ,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 378176938@qq.com (YS); jiahongw@gmc.edu.cn (JW)

Affiliation Basic medical School, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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Chunxiao Li,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Jiafu Jiang

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Smelly communication between haemaphysalis longicornis and infected hosts with indolic odorants: A case from severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus

Zhitong Liu,
Hao Feng,
Xiaohe Liu,
Bin Wu,
Hong Zhang,
Yi Sun,
Jiahong Wu,
Chunxiao Li,
Jiafu Jiang

Published: June 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013139

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