Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2018)

Fatal Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Infections Caused by Siberian and European Subtypes, Finland, 2015

  • Suvi Kuivanen,
  • Teemu Smura,
  • Kirsi Rantanen,
  • Leena Kämppi,
  • Jonas Kantonen,
  • Mia Kero,
  • Anu Jääskeläinen,
  • Anne J. Jääskeläinen,
  • Jussi Sane,
  • Liisa Myllykangas,
  • Anders Paetau,
  • Olli Vapalahti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2405.171986
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 5
pp. 946 – 948

Abstract

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In most locations except for Russia, tick-borne encephalitis is mainly caused by the European virus subtype. In 2015, fatal infections caused by European and Siberian tick-borne encephalitis virus subtypes in the same Ixodes ricinus tick focus in Finland raised concern over further spread of the Siberian subtype among widespread tick species.

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