New tick-borne encephalitis virus hot spot in Northern Zealand, Denmark, October 2019

New tick-borne encephalitis virus hot spot in Northern Zealand, Denmark, October 2019

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%, highe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2019-10, Vol.24 (43), p.1
Hauptverfasser: Agergaard, Charlotte N, Rosenstierne, Maiken W, Bødker, René, Rasmussen, Morten, Andersen, Peter H S, Fomsgaard, Anders
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arachnids
Encephalitis
Insect bites
Rapid Communication
Viruses
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.43.1900639