Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes ricinus from a novel endemic area of North Eastern Italy

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-316

  D'Agaro, P ^a   Martinelli, E ^a   Burgnich, P ^a   Nazzi, F ^b   Del Fabbro, S ^b   Iob, A ^c   Ruscio, M ^d   Pischiutti, P ^c   Campello, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c ASS3 Alto Friuli ^*  (Italy)

^d San Daniele Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Ixodes ricinus; Prevalence; Sequencing; TBEV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ITALY; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

EID: 61749104247     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21389     Document Type: Article

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