Detection and characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus in Baltic countries and eastern Poland.

Ticks were collected from the vegetation in the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and eastern Poland and analyzed for the presence of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) by amplification of the partial E and NS3 genes. In Estonia we found statistically significant differences in the TBEV...

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Main Authors: Olga Katargina, Stanislava Russakova, Julia Geller, Macije Kondrusik, Joanna Zajkowska, Milda Zygutiene, Antra Bormane, Julia Trofimova, Irina Golovljova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3641128?pdf=render