TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS (TBEV) PREVALENCE IN FIELD-COLLECTED TICKS (IXODES RICINUS) AND PHYLOGENETIC, STRUCTURAL AND VIRULENCE ANALYSIS IN A TBE HIGH-RISK ENDEMIC AREA IN SOUTHWESTERN GERMANY

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) prevalence in field-collected ticks (Ixodes ricinus) and phylogenetic, structural and virulence analysis in a TBE high-risk endemic area in southwestern Germany

Abstract Background Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is the most common viral CNS infection with incidences much higher than all other virus infections together in many risk areas of central and eastern Europe.The Odenwald Hill region (OWH) in southwestern Germany is classified as a TBE risk region and frequent case numbers but also more severe infect

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Unveiling an odd fate after death: The isolated Eneolithic cranium discovered in the Marcel Loubens Cave (Bologna, Northern Italy).

An isolated human cranium, dated to the early Eneolithic period, was discovered in 2015 at the top of a vertical shaft in the natural Marcel Loubens gypsum Cave (Bologna area, northern Italy).No 2004 nissan titan exhaust system other anthropological or archaeological remains were found inside the cave.In other caves of the same area anthropic and f

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