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Detection of novel tick-borne pathogen, Alongshan virus, in Ixodes ricinus ticks, south-eastern Finland, 2019
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsSuvi Kuivanensuvi.kuivanen helsinki.fi
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Citation style for this article: . Detection of novel tick-borne pathogen, Alongshan virus, in Ixodes ricinus ticks, south-eastern Finland, 2019. Euro Surveill. 2019;24(27):pii=1900394. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.27.1900394 Received: 19 Jun 2019; Accepted: 03 Jul 2019
Abstract
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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