The first tick-borne encephalitis virus isolates from Norway.
Five virus strains with close serological relationship to the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) complex have been isolated from Ixodes ricinus ticks. The ticks were collected in early June 1976 at three different locations in Sogn & Fjordane County, Norway. One of the virus-yielding pools was composed of ticks collected between the cabins on a tourist camping ground.
D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009664:Norway; D012703:Serotyping; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*