Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus, United Kingdom.
Animals
Deer
/ parasitology
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne
/ genetics
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne
/ epidemiology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
Humans
Ixodidae
/ virology
Male
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral
/ genetics
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sentinel Species
/ virology
Sequence Analysis, RNA
United Kingdom
/ epidemiology
Ixodes ricinus
TBEV
United Kingdom
deer
flavivirus
immunological surveillance
louping ill virus
meningitis/encephalitis
sentinel animals
tick-borne encephalitis
tick-borne encephalitis virus
tickborne infections
ticks
vector-borne infections
viruses
zoonoses
Journal
Emerging infectious diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
Titre abrégé: Emerg Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9508155
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2020
01 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
30
10
2019
medline:
6
3
2021
entrez:
30
10
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
During February 2018-January 2019, we conducted large-scale surveillance for the presence and prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and louping ill virus (LIV) in sentinel animals and ticks in the United Kingdom. Serum was collected from 1,309 deer culled across England and Scotland. Overall, 4% of samples were ELISA-positive for the TBEV serocomplex. A focus in the Thetford Forest area had the highest proportion (47.7%) of seropositive samples. Ticks collected from culled deer within seropositive regions were tested for viral RNA; 5 of 2,041 ticks tested positive by LIV/TBEV real-time reverse transcription PCR, all from within the Thetford Forest area. From 1 tick, we identified a full-length genomic sequence of TBEV. Thus, using deer as sentinels revealed a potential TBEV focus in the United Kingdom. This detection of TBEV genomic sequence in UK ticks has important public health implications, especially for undiagnosed encephalitis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31661056
doi: 10.3201/eid2601.191085
pmc: PMC6924911
doi:
Substances chimiques
RNA, Viral
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
90-96Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
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