Essays about: "Tick-borne encephalitis virus"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 essays containing the words Tick-borne encephalitis virus.

  1. 6. Förekomst av antikroppar mot Sindbis och flavivirus hos hästar i Sverige

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Agnes Björnström; [2020]
    Keywords : Sindbisvirus; Tick-borne encephalitis virus; West Nile virus; Usutuvirus; häst; fåglar; myggor;

    Abstract : Sindbisvirus (SINV) är ett positivt enkelsträngat RNA virus tillhörande genus Alfavirus inom familjen Togaviridae. SINV finns i många delar av världen och orsakar sjukdom hos människor i bland annat Sverige, Finland och Ryssland. I Sydafrika har viruset även kopplats samman med sjukdom hos hästar. READ MORE

  3. 7. Cloning and Expression of TBEV NS4A in A549 cells

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Lovisa Gerdhem; [2019]
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    Abstract : Background: Tick borne Encephalitis Virus (TBEV), the cause of the fatal Central Nervous System (CNS) infection Tick Borne Encephalitis (TBE), belongs to the family of Flaviviridae and the genusFlavivirus. In order to replicate themselves, they cause the formation of a replication complex, which is nestled inside vesicles of the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) membrane to protect the RNA from host defense mechanisms. READ MORE

  4. 8. Species identification of ticks collected in Skåne county and their role in the epidemiology of tick-borne Encephalitis (TBEV)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Phimphanit Choklikitumnuey; [2019]
    Keywords : ticks; tick-borne diseases; tick-borne encephalitis; TBEV;

    Abstract : Skåne is the southernmost county of Sweden where new tick species could become established due to the topography with milder climatic conditions and the geographical bordering with northern continental Europe. Ticks also play an important role as vectors and transmitter of tick-borne encephalitis, a viral disease caused by tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), for which the incidence of human cases increased twice during 2011-2013 and 2014-2017 in Skåne county. READ MORE

  5. 9. Role of cervids and wild boar on the presence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Carmelo Gómez Martínez; [2014]
    Keywords : tick-borne encephalitis; Ixodes ricinus; fallow deer; moose; red deer; roe deer; wild boar; Sweden;

    Abstract : Roe deer have been historically considered the main large mammal host for Ixodes ricinus ticks and it has been related with the current distribution and prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in Sweden, being the main arguments the roe deer population peak and a series of mild winters in the nineties. Nowadays, roe deer is again at levels similar to the seventies, but the virus incidence and ticks abundance are still increasing. READ MORE

  6. 10. Parasitizing behavior of Ixodes uriae ticks on Chilean Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) and their importance as pathogen vectors

    University essay from Naturvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johan Stedt; [2009]
    Keywords : Parasitizing; Flavivirus; Borrelia; Ixodes uriae; penguins.;

    Abstract : Ticks are vectors for a larger number of viruses and bacteria than all other arthropod taxa, including mosquitoes. In Europe is it foremost Borrelia spirochetes and the Flavivirus Tick-borne Encephalitis virus that cause disease in humans. In this study, the tick species Ixodes uriae has been studied. I. READ MORE