Detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus in I. ricinus ticks collected from autumn migratory birds in Latvia

Alisa Kazarina; Kristine Japiņa; Oskars Keišs; Ineta Salmane; Dace Bandere; Valentina Capligina; Renate Ranka

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.11.011

Detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus in I. ricinus ticks collected from autumn migratory birds in Latvia

Alisa Kazarina, Kristine Japiņa, Oskars Keišs, Ineta Salmane, Dace Bandere, Valentina Capligina, Renate Ranka

Rīga Stradiņš University

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Abstract

Birds have a potential of spreading ticks via bird migration routes. In this study, we screened 170 ticks removed during autumn 2010 from 55 birds belonging to 10 species for the presence of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV). In total, TBEV RNA was detected in 14% of I. ricinus tick samples obtained from different birds species. The results of this study indicate the possible role of migrating birds in the dispersal of TBEV-infected ticks along the southward migration route.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	178-180
Number of pages	3
Journal	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.11.011
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2015

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Birds
Latvia
Tick-borne encephalitis virus

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3.3 Health sciences
1.6 Biological sciences

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1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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