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Tick-borne encephalitis virus in Eastern Siberia: complete genome characteristics.
Archives of virology - 1 Nov 2012
Kulakova Nina V, Andaev Evgenii I, Belikov Sergei I
Abstract excerpt
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is one of the most important arboviral diseases across Eurasia. TBE virus (TBEV) is transmitted by tick bite and causes a potentially fatal neurological infection in humans. In the Russian Federation, TBE is endemic in most regions, with 3000-5000 cases of the disease annually. To characterise TBEV in Eastern Siberia, the complete genomes of five TBEV isolates from patients with...
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