Siberian subtype tick-borne encephalitis virus in Ixodes ricinus in a newly emerged focus, Finland

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• 作者：Anu Jä ; ä ; skelä ; inen^a ; ^{anu.jaaskelainen@helsinki.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Elina Tonteri^a ; ^{elina.rintala@helsinki.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ilkka Pieninkeroinen^b ; ^{ilkka.pieninkeroinen@fimnet.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Tarja Sironen^a ; ^{tarja.sironen@helsinki.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Liina Voutilainen^a ; ^c ; ^{liina.voutilainen@helsinki.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Markku Kuusi^d ; ^{markku.kuusi@thl.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Antti Vaheri^a ; ^e ; ^{antti.vaheri@helsinki.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Olli Vapalahti^a ; ^e ; ^f ; ^{olli.vapalahti@helsinki.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Tick-borne encephalitis virus ; Tick-borne encephalitis ; TBE ; Siberian subtype ; Tick ; Ixodes ricinus
• 刊名：Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：7
• 期：1
• 页码：216-223
• 全文大小：1086 K

文摘

The first tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases in Kotka, Finland appeared in 2010. Altogether ten human cases have been diagnosed by 2014. Four had long-lasting sequelae.

We collected 195 Ixodes ricinus ticks, nine rodents, and eleven shrews from the archipelago of Kotka in 2011. Three Siberian subtype TBE virus (TBEV) strains were isolated from the ticks and three mammals were positive for TBEV antibodies.

The archipelago of Kotka is a newly emerged TBE focus of Siberian subtype TBEV circulating notably in I. ricinus. The patients had on average longer hospitalization than reported for the European subtype infection.