Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2011)

Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus, Kyrgyzstan

  • Benjamin J. Briggs,
  • Barry Atkinson,
  • Donna M. Czechowski,
  • Peter A. Larsen,
  • Heather N. Meeks,
  • Juan P. Carrera,
  • Ryan M. Duplechin,
  • Roger Hewson,
  • Asankadyr T. Junushov,
  • Olga N. Gavrilova,
  • Irena Breininger,
  • Carleton J. Phillips,
  • Robert J. Baker,
  • John Hay

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1705.101183
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 5
pp. 876 – 879

Abstract

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Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is an emerging pathogen in Europe and Asia. We investigated TBEV in Kyrgyzstan by collecting small mammals and ticks from diverse localities and analyzing them for evidence of TBEV infection. We found TBEV circulating in Kyrgyzstan much farther south and at higher altitudes than previously reported.

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