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Fatal Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Infections Caused by Siberian and European Subtypes, Finland, 2015.

ABSTRACT: In most locations except for Russia, tick-borne encephalitis is mainly caused by the European virus subtype. In 2015, fatal infections caused by European and Siberian tick-borne encephalitis virus subtypes in the same Ixodes ricinus tick focus in Finland raised concern over further spread of the Siberian subtype among widespread tick species.

SUBMITTER: Kuivanen S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5938788 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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