TBE incidence versus virus prevalence and increased prevalence of the TBE virus in Ixodes ricinus removed from humans

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 63-68

  Süss, Jochen ^a   Klaus, Christine ^a   Diller, Roland ^a   Schrader, Christina ^b   Wohanka, Nikolaus ^c   Abel, Ulrich ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c Schubach and Coll Laboratories   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bavaria; Germany; Risk areas; Tick borne encephalitis virus; Ticks removed from humans; Virus prevalence, Ixodes (I.) ricinus

Indexed keywords

TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VACCINATION;

EID: 33646377862     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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