Prevalence and genotyping of tick-borne encephalitis virus in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks in a new endemic area in Western Switzerland

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 156-164

  Lommano, E ^a   Burri, C ^a   Maeder, G ^a   Guerne, M ^a   Bastic, V ^a   Patalas, E ^a   Gern, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ixodes ricinus; phylogeny; Switzerland; tick borne encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SWITZERLAND;

IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84856625189     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11044     Document Type: Article

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