Prevalence of Kemerovo virus in ixodid ticks from the Russian Federation.

Authors :: Dedkov VG
Markelov ML
Gridneva KA
Bekova MV
Gmyl AP
Kozlovskaya LI
Karganova GG
Romanova LIu
Pogodina VV
Yakimenko VV
Shipulin GA
Source :: Ticks and tick-borne diseases [Ticks Tick Borne Dis] 2014 Oct; Vol. 5 (6), pp. 651-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jul 26.
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: The prevalence of Kemerovo virus in ixodid ticks collected in 2008-2012 from 11 regions of the Russian Federation was investigated by real-time reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR). The presence of Kemerovo virus in Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes ricinus, and Dermacentor reticulatus was confirmed. Virus prevalence depended on the region and varied from zero to 10.1%.<br /> (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.)