Novel Variant of Tickborne Encephalitis Virus, Russia

Novel Variant of Tickborne Encephalitis Virus, Russia

We isolated a novel strain of tickborne encephalitis virus (TBEV), Glubinnoe/2004, from a patient with a fatal case in Russia. We sequenced the strain, whose landmark features included 57 amino acid substitutions and 5 modified cleavage sites. Phylogenetically, Glubinnoe/2004 is a novel variant that...

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Main Authors: Vladimir A. Ternovoi, Elena V. Protopopova, Eugene V. Chausov, Dmitry V. Novikov, Galina N. Leonova, Sergey V. Netesov, Valery B. Loktev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tickborne encephalitis virus
TBEV
flavivirus
genotyping
polyprotein sequence
human lethal cases
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/10/07-0158_article

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