Tickborne encephalitis virus, Norway and Denmark.
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.
Skarpaas
Tone
T
Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway. tone.skarpaas@sshf.no
Golovljova
Irina
I
Vene
Sirkka
S
Ljøstad
Unn
U
Sjursen
Haakon
H
Plyusnin
Alexander
A
Lundkvist
Ake
A
D000818:Animals; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D018884:Ixodes / Q000821:virology; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification
D012367:RNA, Viral