Tickborne encephalitis virus, Norway and Denmark

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jul;12(7):1136-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1207.051567.

Abstract

Serum from 2 Norwegians with tickborne encephalitis (TBE) (1 of whom was infected in Denmark) and 810 Norwegian ticks were tested for TBE virus (TBEV) RNA by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis were performed. This is the first genome detection of TBEV in serum from Norwegian patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Denmark / epidemiology
  • Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / genetics*
  • Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / isolation & purification*
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / epidemiology
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / virology
  • Ixodes / virology
  • Norway / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification

Substances

  • RNA, Viral