Characterization of tick-borne encephalitis virus isolated from tick infesting dog in central Hokkaido in 2018

• Published in: Ticks and tick-borne diseases Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 101900
• Main Authors: Takahashi, Yuji, Kobayashi, Shintaro, Nakao, Ryo, Kariwa, Hiroaki, Yoshii, Kentaro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier GmbH 01.03.2022
• Subjects: brain; dogs; epidemiological studies; Epidemiology; Flavivirus; Ixodes; Japan; meningoencephalitis; mice; pathogenicity; Tick-borne encephalitis virus; Tick-infested dog; ticks; viruses; aa; PBS; BHK; nt; UTRs; Flavivirus; Epidemiology; TBE; FCS; TBEV; CPE; Tick-borne encephalitis virus; dpi; pfu; Tick-infested dog

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is a zoonotic virus belonging to the genus Flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae, causing meningitis or meningoencephalitis in humans. TBEV is widely distributed across the Eurasian northern regions, including Japan. Dogs have been reported to be sentinel hosts o...