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Prevalence of tick‐borne encephalitis virus in <i>Ixodes Ricinus</i> from a novel endemic area of North Eastern Italy
23 Dec 2008
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In Alpine area of extreme North Eastern Italy the first autochthonous case of TBE was reported in 1998 and was followed by 45 cases during the period 2001-2007, thus defining this area as definitely endemic. An ecological survey evaluated the tick density and the Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) infection prevalence in tick collected in selected sites. In addition, TBE strains were characterized by sequencing...
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