New tick-borne encephalitis virus hot spot in Northern Zealand, Denmark, October 2019
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- New tick-borne encephalitis virus hot spot in Northern Zealand, Denmark, October 2019
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During summer 2019, three patients residing by Tisvilde Hegn, Denmark were hospitalised with tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) after tick bites. A new TBE virus (TBEV) micro-focus was identified in tick nymphs collected around a playground in Tisvilde Hegn forest. Estimated TBEV prevalence was 8%, higher than in endemic areas around Europe. Whole genome sequencing showed clustering to a TBEV strain from Norway. This is the second time TBEV is found in Ixodes ricinus outside Bornholm, Denmark.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 43 |
| ISSN | 1025-496X |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
- Denmark, Ixodes ricinus, meningoencephalitis, Northern Zealand, phylogenetic analysis, Tick-borne encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis virus
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