Tick-borne Encephalitis Virus in Horses, Austria, 2011

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: James O. Rushton, Sylvie Lecollinet, Zdenek Hubálek, Petra Svobodová, Helga Lussy, Norbert Nowotny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/4/12-1450_article