Abstract
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 |
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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 |
Keywords
- Denmark
- Ixodes ricinus
- meningoencephalitis
- Northern Zealand
- phylogenetic analysis
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- tick-borne encephalitis virus