Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus prevalence and virus genome characterization in field-collected ticks (Ixodes ricinus) from risk, non-risk and former risk areas of TBE, and in ticks removed from humans in Germany

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-244

  Klaus, C ^a   Hoffmann, B ^a   Hering, U ^b   Mielke, B ^c   Sachse, K ^a   Beer, M ^a   Suss J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Medizinisches Labor Rosenheim   (Germany)

^c Health and Veterinary Office Gesundheits und Veterinäramt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ixodes ricinus; Neudoerfl strain; TBE virus (TBEV); TBEV strain 263; Tick borne encephalitis (TBE); Ticks; Virus genome characterization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 76749087577     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02764.x     Document Type: Article

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