Abstract
Little is known about the occurrence of tick-borne encephalitis in Romania. Sheep are an infection source for humans and are useful sentinels for risk analysis. We demonstrate high antibody prevalence (15.02%) among sheep used as sentinels for this disease in 80% of the tested localities in 5 counties of northwestern Romania.
Keywords:
North-West Romania; Romania; Tick-borne encephalitis; Transylvania; sentinel; seroprevalence; sheep; tick-borne encephalitis virus; viruses; zoonoses.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antibodies, Viral / blood*
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Arachnid Vectors / virology
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Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / immunology*
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Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / epidemiology*
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Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / immunology
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Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / transmission
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Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / veterinary*
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / veterinary
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Humans
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Ixodes / virology
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Romania / epidemiology
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Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Sheep / immunology
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Sheep / virology
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Sheep Diseases / epidemiology*
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Sheep Diseases / immunology
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Sheep Diseases / transmission
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Sheep Diseases / virology
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Zoonoses / epidemiology*
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Zoonoses / immunology
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Zoonoses / transmission
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Zoonoses / virology