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Tick-borne encephalitis virus in ticks in Finland, Russian Karelia and Buryatia.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2010
Jääskeläinen Anu E, Sironen Tarja, Murueva Galina B, Subbotina Nataliya, Alekseev Andrey N, Castrén Janne, Alitalo Ilkka, Vaheri Antti, Vapalahti Olli
Abstract excerpt
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a central nervous system infection caused by a flavivirus [tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV)], transmitted by Ixodes ticks and endemic in a large region in Eurasia. We collected 2411 ticks from Finland and Russia in 2003-2008, screened them for TBEV by RT-PCR a...
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