Human Tick-Borne Encephalitis and Characterization of Virus from Biting Tick

Abstract

We report a case of human tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in which the TBE virus was isolated from the biting tick. Viral growth and sequence were characterized and compared with those of a reference strain. Virus isolation from ticks from patients with TBE may offer a new approach for studies of epidemiology and pathogenicity.

Keywords

• tick-borne encephalitis
• flavivirus
• tick-borne encephalitis virus
• case report
• sequence analysis
• RNA