Abstract
A strain of Greek goat encephaltitis virus was isolated from engorged Ixodes ricinus ticks that had fed on goats in northern Greece. The strain was almost identical to the prototype strain isolated 35 years ago.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / classification
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Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / genetics
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Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / isolation & purification*
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Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / epidemiology
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Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / veterinary*
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Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / virology
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Female
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Goat Diseases / epidemiology*
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Goat Diseases / virology
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Goats / virology*
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Greece / epidemiology
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Ixodes / virology*
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Male
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Phylogeny
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sequence Analysis, DNA