Isolation of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus from Ixodes ovatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Japan

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-231

  Takeda, Tsutomu ^a   Ito, Takuya ^b   Chiba, Misako ^c   Takahashi, Kenichi ^b   Niioka, Tadashi ^a   Takashima, Ikuo ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ixodes ovatus; Japan; Tick borne encephalitis virus; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES OVATUS; IXODIDAE; OVATUS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DOGS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; IXODES; JAPAN; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 0032060857     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.227     Document Type: Article

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