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[The geographical distribution of genetic variants of the tick-borne encephalitis virus].
Voprosy virusologii - 1 Jan 2000
Zlobin V I, Shamanin V A, Drokin D A, Dzhioev Iu P, Voronko I V, Mel'nikova O V, Gusarova N A, Vikhoreva T V, Kozlova I V
Abstract excerpt
Geographic distribution of 185 tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus strains isolated in 8 physico-geographic areas and classified into six genetic variants was analysed. The strains of genetic variant I homologous to the Sophyin prototype strain were found to occur predominantly in the Far East and also frequently found in Western and North-Western parts of the East European plain. The vast territories from lake...
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