Detection of novel tick-borne pathogen, Alongshan virus, in Ixodes ricinus ticks, south-eastern Finland, 2019
- Kuivanen, Suvi Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Levanov, Lev Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Kareinen, Lauri Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Sironen, Tarja Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Jääskeläinen, Anne J. Division of Clinical Microbiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Plyusnin, Ilya Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Zakham, Fathiah Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Emmerich, Petra Departments of Virology and Arbovirology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas Departments of Virology and Arbovirology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
- Hepojoki, Jussi Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Smura, Teemu Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Vapalahti, Olli Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Eurosurveillance. - European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC). - 2019, vol. 24, no. 27
English
The newly identified tick-borne Alongshan virus (ALSV), a segmented Jingmen virus group flavivirus, was recently associated with human disease in China. We report the detection of ALSV RNA in Ixodes ricinus ticks in south-eastern Finland. Screening of sera from patients suspected for tick-borne encephalitis for Jingmen tick virus-like virus RNA and antibodies revealed no human cases. The presence of ALSV in common European ticks warrants further investigations on its role as a human pathogen.
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- DOI 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2019.24.27.1900394
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