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A new subtype of eastern tick-borne encephalitis virus discovered in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China.
Emerging microbes & infections - 25 Apr 2018
Dai Xiaoyi, Shang Guobao, Lu Shan, Yang Jing, Xu Jianguo
Abstract excerpt
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) has been classified into three subtypes, namely the European (Eu-TBEV), Far Eastern (FE-TBEV), and Siberian (Sib-TBEV). In this study, we discovered a new subtype of TBEV in wild rodent Marmota himalayana in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, proposed as subtype Himalayan (Him-TBEV). Two complete genomes of TBEV were obtained from respiratory samples of 200 marmots. The...
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