Detection and genetic characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) derived from ticks removed from red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and isolated from spleen samples of red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Croatia

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-13

  Jemeršić, Lorena ^a   Deždek, Danko ^a   Brnić, Dragan ^a   Prpić, Jelena ^a   Janicki, Zdravko ^b   Keros, Tomislav ^a   Roić, Besi ^a   Slavica, Alen ^b   Terzić, Svjetlana ^a   Konjević, Dean ^b   Beck, Relja ^a  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Genetic characterization; Red deer; Red fox; Tick borne encephalitis virus; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CROATIA; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPLEEN; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VULPES VULPES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FOX; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODIDAE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; UNGULATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROATIA; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; FOXES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPLEEN; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84888353492     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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