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Occurrence and genetic variability of Kemerovo virus in Ixodes ticks from different regions of Western Siberia, Russia and Kazakhstan.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2017
Tkachev Sergey E, Tikunov Artem Yu, Babkin Igor V, Livanova Natalia N, Livanov Stanislav G, Panov Victor V, Yakimenko Valeriy V, Tantsev Alexey K, Taranenko Dmitrii E, Tikunova Nina V
Abstract excerpt
Kemerovo virus (KEMV), a member of the Reoviridae family, Orbivirus genus, is transmitted by Ixodes ticks and can cause aseptic meningitis and meningoencephalitis. Recently, this virus was observed in certain provinces of European part of Russia, Ural, and Western and Eastern Siberia. However, the occurrence and genetic diversity of KEMV in Western Siberia remain poorly studied. Therefore, the aim of this work...
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