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Abstract

During summer 2019, three patients residing by Tisvilde Hegn, Denmark were hospitalised with tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) after tick bites. A new TBE virus (TBEV) micro-focus was identified in tick nymphs collected around a playground in Tisvilde Hegn forest. Estimated TBEV prevalence was 8%, higher than in endemic areas around Europe. Whole genome sequencing showed clustering to a TBEV strain from Norway. This is the second time TBEV is found in outside Bornholm, Denmark.

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New tick-borne encephalitis virus hot spot in Northern Zealand, Denmark, October 2019
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Charlotte+N+Agergaard&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Agergaard Charlotte N</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Maiken+W+Rosenstierne&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rosenstierne Maiken W</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ren%C3%A9+B%C3%B8dker&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bødker René</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Morten+Rasmussen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rasmussen Morten</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Peter+H+S+Andersen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Andersen Peter H S</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anders+Fomsgaard&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fomsgaard Anders</a></span>. New tick-borne encephalitis virus hot spot in Northern Zealand, Denmark, October 2019. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(43):pii=1900639. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.43.1900639" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.43.1900639</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 17 Oct 2019;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 24 Oct 2019 </span> </p>
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