Attempt to detect evidence for tick-borne encephalitis virus in ticks and mammalian wildlife in the Netherlands

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-64

  van der Poel, Wim H M ^a,b   van der Heide, R ^a   Bakker, D ^a   de Looff, M ^a   de Jong, J ^a   van Manen, N ^a   Gaasenbeck, C P H ^b   Borgsteede, F H M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Netherlands; TBEV; Ticks; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOX; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SPECIES; SUMMER; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WILD BOAR; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; SEASON; SWINE; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ACARI; CANIDAE; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOXES; NETHERLANDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SUS SCROFA; TICKS;

EID: 19644398146     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.58     Document Type: Article

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