title: Tick-borne encephalitis virus in horses, Austria, 2011.
abstract: An unexpectedly high infection rate (26.1%) of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) was identified in a herd of 257 horses of the same breed distributed among 3 federal states in Austria. Young age (p<0.001) and male sex (p=0.001) were positively associated with infection.
authors: University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
authors: James O
authors: JO
authors: Rushton
authors: Sylvie
authors: S
authors: Lecollinet
authors: Zdenek
authors: Z
authors: Hubálek
authors: Petra
authors: P
authors: Svobodová
authors: Helga
authors: H
authors: Lussy
authors: Norbert
authors: N
authors: Nowotny
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Austria; Flaviviridae; flavivirus; horses; infection; prevalence; tick-borne encephalitis virus; tickborne encephalitis; vector-borne infections; viruses
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