Mapping geographical areas at risk for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) by analysing bulk tank milk from Swedish dairy cattle herds for the presence of TBE virus–specific antibodies

Mapping geographical areas at risk for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) by analysing bulk tank milk from Swedish dairy cattle herds for the presence of TBE virus–specific antibodies

Abstract Background The vector-borne human viral zoonosis tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is of growing concern in Sweden. The area where TBE is considered endemic has expanded, with an increasing geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus as the tick vector and a rising number of reported TBE cases...

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Main Authors: Gunilla Blomqvist, Katarina Näslund, Linda Svensson, Cécile Beck, Jean Francois Valarcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Subjects:
Antibody detection
Bulk tank milk
Sentinel dairy cattle herds
Tick-borne encephalitis virus
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-021-00580-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-021-00580-4

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