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Diversity of the population of Tick-borne encephalitis virus infecting Ixodes ricinus ticks in an endemic area of central Switzerland (Canton Bern).
The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 2006
Casati Simona, Gern Lise, Piffaretti Jean-Claude
Abstract excerpt
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), a member of the genus Flavivirus, has a positive-strand RNA genome containing a single open reading frame flanked by non-coding regions (NCRs). Ixodes ricinus ticks (n = 307) were collected from vegetation in a natural TBEV focus in Belp, Switzerland. The presence and identity of the virus were determined by nested RT-PCR followed by sequencing of the 5'-terminal region that...
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