Detection of novel tick-borne pathogen, Alongshan virus, in Ixodes ricinus ticks, south-eastern Finland, 2019

The 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 ence...

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Autores principales: Kuivanen, Suvi, Levanov, Lev, Kareinen, Lauri, Sironen, Tarja, Jääskeläinen, Anne J., Plyusnin, Ilya, Zakham, Fathiah, Emmerich, Petra, Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas, Hepojoki, Jussi, Smura, Teemu, Vapalahti, Olli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2019
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6628756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31290392
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.27.1900394
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Sumario:The 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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