First detection of TBE virus sequences in Ixodes ricinus from Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy).
We report, for the first time, the presence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus in the tick Ixodes ricinus collected in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy. Using molecular methods, we demonstrate that the TBE virus carried by ticks from FVG is a western European strain. Sequence analysis of the 5' NCR showed 98.4% identity to the Neudoerfl strain.
Floris
Romina
R
Spirochete Laboratory, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università di Trieste, Italy.
Altobelli
Alfredo
A
Boemo
Barbara
B
Mignozzi
Katja
K
Cinco
Marina
M
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007558:Italy; D018884:Ixodes / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods