First evidence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) outside of Hokkaido Island in Japan.
Ohira M, Yoshii K, Aso Y, Nakajima H, Yamashita T, Takahashi-Iwata I, Maeda N, Shindo K, Suenaga T, Matsuura T, Sugie K, Hamano T, Arai A, Furutani R, Suzuki Y, Kaneko C, Kobayashi Y, Campos-Alberto E, Harper LR, Edwards J, Bender C, Pilz A, Ito S, Angulo FJ, Erber W, Madhava H, Moïsi J, Jodar L, Mizusawa H, Takao M.
Ohira M, et al.
Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023 Dec;12(2):2278898. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2023.2278898. Epub 2023 Nov 14.
Emerg Microbes Infect. 2023.
PMID: 37906509
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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is an infection of the central nervous system caused by the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV). ...TBEV is transmitted to humans primarily by Ixodes ticks. There have been 5 TBE cases identified in Japan, all on the northern is …
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is an infection of the central nervous system caused by the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) …