Detection of new endemic focus of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), Hampshire/Dorset border, England, September 2019.
- Holding, Maya
- Dowall, Stuart D
- Medlock, Jolyon M
- Carter, Daniel P
- McGinley, Liz
- Curran-French, Mollie
- Pullan, Steven T
- Chamberlain, John
- Hansford, Kayleigh M
- Baylis, Matthew
- Vipond, Richard
- Hewson, Roger
Publication date
November 2019
DOI Publisher
European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)Abstract
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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