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Its primary clinical manifestations include fever and thrombocytopenia, and its high morbidity and mortality rates have garnered significant attention. It is crucial to have a comprehensive understanding of the spatial and temporal characteristics of SFTSV migration in order to prevent and control this disease. The SFTSV strains from East Asian countries in GenBank during 2017-2023 were collected and analyzed with phylogenetic and Bayesian methods. Phylogenetic analysis showed that SFTSV can be categorized into five genotypes (A, B, C, D, and E), with 24 recombination events and 15 reassortment events identified. This represented a higher number than previously observed. The results of our study indicated that SFTSV first diverged around 1785. We categorized the migration of SFTSV into two distinct periods, and identified the centers of spread and migration routes of SFTSV in each period. 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