Novel variant of tickborne encephalitis virus, Russia.
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ABSTRACT: We isolated a novel strain of tickborne encephalitis virus (TBEV), Glubinnoe/2004, from a patient with a fatal case in Russia. We sequenced the strain, whose landmark features included 57 amino acid substitutions and 5 modified cleavage sites. Phylogenetically, Glubinnoe/2004 is a novel variant that belongs to the Eastern type of TBEV.
SUBMITTER: Ternovoi VA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2851496 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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