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Field samplings of Ixodes ricinus ticks from a tick-borne encephalitis virus micro-focus in Northern Zealand, Denmark

  • Andreas Petersen*
  • , Maiken Worsøe Rosenstierne
  • , Morten Rasmussen
  • , Kurt Fuursted
  • , Henrik Vedel Nielsen
  • , Lee O'Brien Andersen
  • , René Bødker
  • , Anders Fomsgaard
  • *Kontaktforfatter
  • European Center for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Statens Serum Institut
  • Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

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Abstract

In 2008–2009 a tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV)micro-focus was detected in Northern Zealand, Denmark. No new cases of TBE with an epidemiological link to Northern Zealand has been reported since. Here we undertook to investigate Ixodes ricinus ticks from this endemic micro-focus in 2016 and 2017. In addition to TBEV, I. ricinus ticks may host other pathogens that include Borrelia spp., Babesia spp., Rickettsia spp. and Neoehrlichia mikurensis, together with various endosymbiont microorganisms. To detect multiple organisms we used a metagenomics PanVirus microarray and next-generation sequencing to examine the persistence and evolution of other emerging viruses, bacteria and parasites. Here we report the rise and fall of the Danish TBEV micro-focus in Northern Zealand. However, we identify for the first time in Danish I. ricinus ticks the presence of Uukuniemi virus in addition to a tick-borne phlebovirus and a range of bacteria.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftTicks and Tick-borne Diseases
Vol/bind10
Udgave nummer5
Sider (fra-til)1028-1032
ISSN1877-959X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1. aug. 2019

Finansiering

We thank Susanne Lopez Rasmussen, Louise Borup, Randi Thøgersen for technical assistance and Maria Magdalena Lassaunière for editorial assistance. This study is part of the “Metagenomic Array Detection of emerging Virus in EU” (MAD-Vir) project, which is part of the European Joint Programme One Health EJP consortium, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 773830 . Appendix A

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