Tick-borne encephalitis virus - A review of an emerging zoonosis

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1781-1794

  Mansfield, K L ^a   Johnson, N ^a   Phipps, L P ^a   Stephenson, J R ^b   Fooks, A R ^a   Solomon, T ^c  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MURIDAE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EUROPE; HUMANS; IXODES; MURIDAE; VIRAL VACCINES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 69449087112     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.011437-0     Document Type: Review

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