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Roe deer sera used for TBE surveillance in Austria.
- Source :
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Ticks and tick-borne diseases [Ticks Tick Borne Dis] 2015 Jun; Vol. 6 (4), pp. 489-93. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Apr 11. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- A large majority of Austrian citizens are aware of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), consequently reflected by a high vaccination rate of 85%. In return, risk assessment and disease mapping on human cases might be hampered due to high and inhomogeneous vaccination rates and travel habitats of humans. The roe deer was used to obtain a starting point for the integral view on the actual risk of TBE in Austria. The roe deer exhibits several attributes which makes it suitable as an indicator species: the roe deer has a restricted home range and it is known to be a heavy tick carrier. Furthermore it sero-converts after infection with TBE, but no outbreak occurs. Sera from 945 roe deer were obtained from all over Austria and screened with IFAT for the antibodies against TBE. Twenty-two positive samples, 2.4%, and 17 samples at the borderline titre of 1:16 were identified. The majority of the positive samples, 70.6%, were located in known TBE areas based on human cases. Further research is needed to confirm or reject new endemic foci of TBE transmission.<br /> (Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier GmbH.. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Animals
Antibodies, Viral blood
Austria
Deer parasitology
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne immunology
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne isolation & purification
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne blood
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne virology
Female
Humans
Ixodes virology
Male
Sentinel Surveillance
Deer virology
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne veterinary
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1877-9603
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Ticks and tick-borne diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25869034
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.03.018