title: First detection of TBE virus sequences in Ixodes ricinus from Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Spirochete Laboratory, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università di Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: Romina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Floris
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altobelli
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boemo
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mignozzi
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cinco
mesh_terms: 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