Seroprevalence of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Three Species of Voles (Microtus spp.) in Poland

Maciej Grzybek; Katarzyna Tołkacz; Mohammed Alsarraf; Dorota Dwużnik; Klaudiusz Szczepaniak; Krzysztof Tomczuk; Beata Biernat; Jerzy M Behnke; Anna Bajer

doi:10.7589/2019-02-048

Seroprevalence of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Three Species of Voles (Microtus spp.) in Poland

J Wildl Dis. 2020 Apr;56(2):492-494. doi: 10.7589/2019-02-048. Epub 2019 Dec 27.

Authors

Maciej Grzybek¹, Katarzyna Tołkacz², Mohammed Alsarraf², Dorota Dwużnik², Klaudiusz Szczepaniak³, Krzysztof Tomczuk³, Beata Biernat¹, Jerzy M Behnke⁴, Anna Bajer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of TropicalParasitology, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Powstania Styczniowego 9B, 81-519 Gdynia, Poland.
² Department of Eco-Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Institute of Developmental Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Ilii Miecznikowa 1, 02-089, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 12, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
⁴ School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.

PMID: 31880991
DOI: 10.7589/2019-02-048

Abstract

Rodents play a role as reservoir hosts for tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV). We trapped 77 voles of the genus Microtus and tested their blood using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the presence of antibodies against TBEV. We detected TBEV antibodies in three adult individuals (4%). Voles might play a role in the circulation of TBEV.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Arvicolinae / virology*
Disease Reservoirs / veterinary
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / isolation & purification*
Seroepidemiologic Studies