title: Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of tick-borne encephalitis virus in rodents captured in the transdanubian region of Hungary.
abstract: Abstract Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) infection is a common zoonotic disease affecting humans in Europe and Asia. To determine whether TBEV is present in small mammalian hosts in Hungary, liver samples of wild rodents were tested for TBEV RNA. Over a period of 7 years, a total of 405 rodents were collected at five different geographic locations of the Transdanubian region. TBEV nucleic acid was identified in four rodent species: Apodemus agrarius, A. flavicollis, Microtus arvalis, and Myodes glareolus. Out of the 405 collected rodents, 17 small mammals (4.2%) were positive for TBEV. The present study provides molecular evidence and sequence data of TBEV from rodents in Hungary.
authors: 1 Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs , Pécs, Hungary .
authors: Réka
authors: R
authors: Pintér
authors: Mónika
authors: M
authors: Madai
authors: Győző
authors: G
authors: Horváth
authors: Viktória
authors: V
authors: Németh
authors: Miklós
authors: M
authors: Oldal
authors: Gábor
authors: G
authors: Kemenesi
authors: Bianka
authors: B
authors: Dallos
authors: Krisztián
authors: K
authors: Bányai
authors: Ferenc
authors: F
authors: Jakab
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000821:virology; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D051189:Murinae / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000821:virology*
keywords: Hungary.; Prevalence; RT-PCR; Small mammals; Tick-borne encephalitis