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The presence of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) was detected in a questing tick pool in southern England in September 2019. Hitherto, TBEV had only been detected in a limited area in eastern England. This southern English viral genome sequence is distinct from TBEV-UK, being most similar to TBEV-NL. The new location of TBEV presence highlights that the diagnosis of tick-borne encephalitis should be considered in encephalitic patients in areas of the United Kingdom outside eastern England.

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Detection of new endemic focus of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), Hampshire/Dorset border, England, September 2019
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Maya+Holding&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Holding Maya</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stuart+D+Dowall&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dowall Stuart D</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jolyon+M+Medlock&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Medlock Jolyon M</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Daniel+P+Carter&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Carter Daniel P</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Liz+McGinley&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">McGinley Liz</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mollie+Curran-French&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Curran-French Mollie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Steven+T+Pullan&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pullan Steven T</a>, <a href="/search?value1=John+Chamberlain&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Chamberlain John</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Kayleigh+M+Hansford&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hansford Kayleigh M</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Matthew+Baylis&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Baylis Matthew</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Richard+Vipond&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vipond Richard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Roger+Hewson&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hewson Roger</a></span>. Detection of new endemic focus of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), Hampshire/Dorset border, England, September 2019. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(47):pii=1900658. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.47.1900658" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.47.1900658</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 30 Oct 2019;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 21 Nov 2019 </span> </p>
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