Seroprevalence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in naturally exposed monkeys (Macaca sylvanus) and sheep and prevalence of TBE virus in ticks in a TBE endemic area in Germany

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-144

  Klaus, Christine ^a   Hoffmann, Bernd ^a   Beer, Martin ^a   Müller, Werner ^b   Stark, Bernhard ^c   Bader, Wolf ^d   Stiasny, Karin ^e   Heinz, Franz X ^e   Süss, Jochen ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Labor ALOMED   (Germany)

^c Monkey Mountain Salem ^*  (Germany)

^d Schafherdengesundheitsdienst Baden Württemberg   (Germany)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ixodes ricinus; Macaca sylvanus; Monkeys; Natural foci; Real time RT PCR; Seroprevalence; Sheep; Tick borne encephalitis; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERMANY; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INFECTION RISK; IXODES RICINUS; MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; MALE; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODES; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MACACA SYLVANUS; OVIS ARIES; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 77956464045     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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