Investigation of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus (TBEV) in Ixodid Ticks Collected from Central Black Sea Region in Turkey

Authors : Tünay Karan, Saban TEKIN, Ahmet BURSALI, Adem KESKIN

Pages : 30-35

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Publication Date : 2015-05-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :–Tick-borne encephalitis virus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TBEV);, a member of the genus Flavivirus causes thousands of Tick-borne encephalitis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TBE); cases annually throughout Europe. TBE is an infectious disease involving the central nervous system, which may result in death. TBEV is transmitted to humans by ixodid tick species such as Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes persulcatus and Haemaphysalis concinna. To date, there is no evidence for the presence of TBEV in Turkish ticks. In the present study, presence of TBEV in Ixodid ticks collected from humans in Amasya, Tokat and Ordu provinces was investigated using Revers Transcriptase Polimerase Chain Reaction insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RT-PCR);. A total 918 tick specimens were collected from humans applying health centers with tick bites in Amasya insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=630);, Tokat insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=60); and Ordu insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=228);, provinces located in Central Black Sea Region. According to RT-PCR results, no TBEV detected in Ixodes ricinus or other ixodid tick species tested in this study. This result indicates that the tick species tested from the region have no potential for transmission of TBEV
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