Repeated isolation of tick-borne encephalitis virus from adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in an endemic area in Germany

Repeated isolation of tick-borne encephalitis virus from adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks in an endemic area in Germany

Abstract Background Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus is transmitted to humans and animals through tick bites and is thought to circulate in very strictly defined natural environments called natural foci. The most common tick serving as a vector for the TBE virus in central Europe is Ixodes ricinu...

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Main Authors: Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Giulia Lemhöfer, Nina Król, Malena Bestehorn, Gerhard Dobler, Martin Pfeffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Dermacentor reticulatus
TBE virus
Saxony
Germany
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3346-6

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