Virus Detection in Questing Ticks is not a Sensitive Indicator for Risk Assessment of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Humans

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-226

  Stefanoff, P ^a   Pfeffer, M ^b   Hellenbrand, W ^c   Rogalska, J ^a   Ruhe F ^d   Makowka A ^a   Michalik, J ^e   Wodecka, B ^f   Rymaszewska, A ^f   Kiewra, D ^g   Baumann Popczyk, A ^a   Dobler, G ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^h BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Ixodes ricinus; Poland; Surveillance; Tick borne encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND DEVICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; ANIMAL; DERMACENTOR; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ARBOVIRUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RODENTIA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DERMACENTOR; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IXODES; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84876196643     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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