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Identification of tick-borne encephalitis virus in ticks collected in southeastern Hungary. 2013

Réka Pintér, and Mónika Madai, and Edit Vadkerti, and Viktória Németh, and Miklós Oldal, and Gábor Kemenesi, and Bianka Dallos, and Miklós Gyuranecz, and Gábor Kiss, and Krisztián Bányai, and Ferenc Jakab
Virological Research Group, János Szentágothai Research Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is an arthropod-borne viral pathogen causing infections in Europe and is responsible for most arbovirus central nervous system infections in Hungary. Assessing the TBEV prevalence in ticks through detection of genomic RNA is a broadly accepted approach to estimate the transmission risk from a tick bite. For this purpose, 2731 ticks were collected from the neighboring area of the town of Dévaványa, located in southeastern Hungary, which is considered a low-risk-transmission area for TBEV. Altogether, 2300 ticks were collected from the vegetation, while 431 were collected from rodents. Samples were pooled and then screened for TBEV with a newly designed semi-nested RT-PCR (RT-snPCR) targeting the NS1 genomic region. PCR results were confirmed by direct sequencing of the second round amplicons. Among the 3 different collected tick species (Ixodes ricinus, Haemaphysalis concinna, Dermacentor marginatus), I. ricinus was the only species that tested positive for TBEV. TBEV-positive ticks were collected from small mammals or from the vegetation. One nymphal pool and 4 larval pools tested positive for TBEV. The only positive nymphal pool was unfed and came from vegetation, while ticks of the 4 positive larval pools were collected from rodents. Minimal TBEV prevalence in ticks was 0.08% for unfed nymphs and 0.78% for feeding larvae. Our results indicate that further long-term investigations on the occurrence of TBEV are needed to better describe the geographic distribution and the prevalence of infected ticks in Hungary.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007814 Larva Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals. Maggots,Tadpoles,Larvae,Maggot,Tadpole
D008297 Male Males
D009758 Nymph The immature stage in the life cycle of those orders of insects characterized by gradual metamorphosis, in which the young resemble the imago in general form of body, including compound eyes and external wings; also the 8-legged stage of mites and ticks that follows the first moult.
D010802 Phylogeny The relationships of groups of organisms as reflected by their genetic makeup. Community Phylogenetics,Molecular Phylogenetics,Phylogenetic Analyses,Phylogenetic Analysis,Phylogenetic Clustering,Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis,Phylogenetic Comparative Methods,Phylogenetic Distance,Phylogenetic Generalized Least Squares,Phylogenetic Groups,Phylogenetic Incongruence,Phylogenetic Inference,Phylogenetic Networks,Phylogenetic Reconstruction,Phylogenetic Relatedness,Phylogenetic Relationships,Phylogenetic Signal,Phylogenetic Structure,Phylogenetic Tree,Phylogenetic Trees,Phylogenomics,Analyse, Phylogenetic,Analysis, Phylogenetic,Analysis, Phylogenetic Comparative,Clustering, Phylogenetic,Community Phylogenetic,Comparative Analysis, Phylogenetic,Comparative Method, Phylogenetic,Distance, Phylogenetic,Group, Phylogenetic,Incongruence, Phylogenetic,Inference, Phylogenetic,Method, Phylogenetic Comparative,Molecular Phylogenetic,Network, Phylogenetic,Phylogenetic Analyse,Phylogenetic Clusterings,Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses,Phylogenetic Comparative Method,Phylogenetic Distances,Phylogenetic Group,Phylogenetic Incongruences,Phylogenetic Inferences,Phylogenetic Network,Phylogenetic Reconstructions,Phylogenetic Relatednesses,Phylogenetic Relationship,Phylogenetic Signals,Phylogenetic Structures,Phylogenetic, Community,Phylogenetic, Molecular,Phylogenies,Phylogenomic,Reconstruction, Phylogenetic,Relatedness, Phylogenetic,Relationship, Phylogenetic,Signal, Phylogenetic,Structure, Phylogenetic,Tree, Phylogenetic
D003870 Dermacentor A widely distributed genus of TICKS, in the family IXODIDAE, including a number that infest humans and other mammals. Several are vectors of diseases such as TULAREMIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; COLORADO TICK FEVER; and ANAPLASMOSIS. Dermacentor andersoni,Rocky Mountain Wood Tick
D004669 Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne A subgroup of the genus FLAVIVIRUS that causes encephalitis and hemorrhagic fevers and is found in eastern and western Europe and the former Soviet Union. It is transmitted by TICKS and there is an associated milk-borne transmission from viremic cattle, goats, and sheep. Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Omsk,Kyasanur Forest disease virus,Langat virus,Louping ill virus,Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus,Powassan virus,Al-Khurma Hemorrhagic Fever Virus,Al-Khurma virus,Al-Khurma virus (ALKV),Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever Virus,Alkhurma virus,Alkhurma virus (ALKV),Encephalitis Virus, Tick-Borne,Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus,Tick-Borne Encephalitis Viruses,Viruses, Tick-Borne Encephalitis,Al Khurma Hemorrhagic Fever Virus,Al Khurma virus,Al Khurma virus (ALKV),Encephalitis Virus, Tick Borne,Encephalitis Viruses, Tick Borne,Louping ill viruses,Tick Borne Encephalitis Virus,Tick Borne Encephalitis Viruses
D004675 Encephalitis, Tick-Borne Encephalitis caused by neurotropic viruses that are transmitted via the bite of TICKS. In Europe, the diseases are caused by ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE, which give rise to Russian spring-summer encephalitis, central European encephalitis, louping ill encephalitis, and related disorders. Powassan encephalitis occurs in North America and Russia and is caused by the Powassan virus. ASEPTIC MENINGITIS and rarely encephalitis may complicate COLORADO TICK FEVER which is endemic to mountainous regions of the western United States. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp14-5) Far Eastern Russian Encephalitis,Powassan Encephalitis,Central European Encephalitis,Encephalitis, Central European,Encephalitis, European Tick-Borne,Encephalitis, Far Eastern Russian,Encephalitis, Louping Ill,Encephalitis, Russian Spring-Summer,European Tick-Borne Encephalitis,Louping Ill Encephalitis,Powassan Virus Disease,Russian Spring-Summer Encephalitis,Tick-Borne Encephalitis,Disease, Powassan Virus,Encephalitis, European Tick Borne,Encephalitis, Powassan,Encephalitis, Russian Spring Summer,Encephalitis, Tick Borne,European Tick Borne Encephalitis,Powassan Encephalitides,Powassan Virus Diseases,Russian Spring Summer Encephalitis,Spring-Summer Encephalitis, Russian,Tick Borne Encephalitis,Tick-Borne Encephalitis, European,Virus Disease, Powassan,Virus Diseases, Powassan
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006814 Hungary A country in Europe, northwest of Romania, south of Slovakia, and east of Austria. The capital is Budapest.

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