Viruses, Vol. 16, Pages 444: The Prevalence of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Wild Rodents Captured in Tick-Borne Encephalitis Foci in Highly Endemic Lithuania

This study shows that wild rodents are suitable sentinel animals to confirm TBEV foci. In addition, the study results demonstrate that sample cultivation in cell culture is a highly efficient method for increasing TBEV viral load to detectable quantities.

Source: Viruses - March 13, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Evelina Simkute Arnoldas Pautienius Juozas Grigas Marina Sidorenko Jana Radzijevskaja Algimantas Paulauskas Arunas Stankevicius Tags: Article Source Type: research