Detection of novel tick-borne pathogen, Alongshan virus, in Ixodes ricinus ticks, south-eastern Finland, 2019
2019; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Volume: 24; Issue: 27 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2807/1560-7917.es.2019.24.27.1900394
ISSN1560-7917
AutoresSuvi Kuivanen, Lev Levanov, Lauri Kareinen, Tarja Sironen, Anne J. Jääskeläinen, Ilya Plyusnin, Fathiah Zakham, Petra Emmerich, Jonas Schmidt‐Chanasit, Jussi Hepojoki, Teemu Smura, Olli Vapalahti,
Tópico(s)Vector-borne infectious diseases
ResumoThe newly identified tick-borne Alongshan virus (ALSV), a segmented Jingmen virus group flavivirus, was recently associated with human disease in China. We report the detection of ALSV RNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks in south-eastern Finland. Screening of sera from patients suspected for tick-borne encephalitis for Jingmen tick virus-like virus RNA and antibodies revealed no human cases. The presence of ALSV in common European ticks warrants further investigations on its role as a human pathogen.
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