title: First detection of Kemerovo virus in Ixodes pavlovskyi and Ixodes persulcatus ticks collected in Novosibirsk region, Russia.
abstract: Kemerovo group viruses are tick-transmitted members of Orbivirus genus of the Reoviridae family that can cause infections of the central nervous system of humans. In this work, Kemerovo virus (KEMV) RNA was detected for the first time in Novosibirsk region of Western Siberia, Russia, in Ixodes pavlovskyi and Ixodes persulcatus ticks.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: tkachev@niboch.nsc.ru.
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tkachev
authors.affiliation: Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology of the Armed Forces, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dobler
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tikunova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D018884:Ixodes / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D018163:Orbivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012800:Siberia
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: Ixodes pavlovskyi; Ixodes persulcatus; Kemerovo virus; Western Siberia