The expanding range of emerging tick-borne viruses in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region

Abstract We analysed both pooled and individual tick samples collected from four countries in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region, using metagenome-based nanopore sequencing (NS) and targeted amplification. Initially, 1337 ticks, belonging to 11 species, were screened in 217 pools. Viruses (21 t...

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Main Authors: Koray Ergunay, Brian P. Bourke, Drew D. Reinbold-Wasson, Mikeljon P. Nikolich, Suppaluck P. Nelson, Laura Caicedo-Quiroga, Nataliya Vaydayko, Giorgi Kirkitadze, Tamar Chunashvili, Lewis S. Long, Jason K. Blackburn, Nora G. Cleary, Cynthia L. Tucker, Yvonne-Marie Linton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46879-2