Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) RNA in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from natural and urban environment, Poland

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 543-551

  Biernat, Beata ^a   Karbowiak, Grzegorz ^b   Werszko, Joanna ^b   Stańczak, Joanna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dermacentor reticulatus; nRT PCR; Poland; TBEV; Tick borne encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TICK; URBAN AREA; VIRUS;

BIEBRZA NATIONAL PARK; PODLASKIE; POLAND;

DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODIDA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DERMACENTOR; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DERMACENTOR; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84911960750     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-014-9836-5     Document Type: Article

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