title: Greek goat encephalitis virus strain isolated from Ixodes ricinus, Greece.
abstract: A strain of Greek goat encephaltitis virus was isolated from engorged Ixodes ricinus ticks that had fed on goats in northern Greece. The strain was almost identical to the prototype strain isolated 35 years ago.
authors.affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. annap@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.forename: Vasiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pavlidou
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antoniadis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006041:Goats / Q000821:virology*; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D018884:Ixodes / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA