At the end of 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was
discovered in China, causing a new coronavirus disease, termed COVID-19 by the WHO on …

Small-to-medium sized mammals and large animals are lucrative sources of blood meals for
ixodid ticks that transmit life-threatening tick-borne flaviviruses (TBFVs). TBFVs have been …

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is an emerging pathogen that was first detected in ticks
and humans in the Netherlands in 2015 (ticks) and 2016 (humans). To learn more about its …

Currently, the lowest formal taxon in virus classification is species; however, unofficial lower-
level units are commonly used in everyday work. Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is a …

Background Information on the long-term outcome of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is limited.
Objectives To assess the frequency and severity of post-encephalitic syndrome (PES) at …

The clinical presentation of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) infection varies from
asymptomatic to severe meningoencephalitis or meningoencephalomyelitis. The TBEV …

Number of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases has increased and new foci have emerged in
Finland during the last decade. We evaluated risk for locally acquired TBE in the capital …

We determined levels of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus (TBEV) RNA in serum samples
obtained from 80 patients during the initial phase of TBE in Slovenia. For most samples …

Morphotaxonomy based on phenotypic traits of immature hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) is a
skill challenge and has prompted many inexperienced acarologists to adopt DNA-based …

A persistent tick-borne encephalitis virus infection in an immune-suppressed patient is
presented. Such an unusual clinical case offers the unique chance of detecting persistent …