Isolation of Bhanja virus from ticks of the genus Haemaphysalis in southeast Bulgaria and presence of antibodies in pastured sheep
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
640526
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Arboviruses isolation & purification MeSH
- Ticks microbiology MeSH
- Meningitis, Viral immunology veterinary MeSH
- Meningoencephalitis immunology veterinary MeSH
- Sheep Diseases immunology MeSH
- Sheep immunology MeSH
- Antibodies, Viral isolation & purification MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Bulgaria MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Antibodies, Viral MeSH
Bhanja virus was isolated from ticks of the genus Haemaphysalis (H. punctata and H. sulcata) collected from sheep pastured in the surroundings of Akhtopol in southeast Bulgaria, and simultaneously blood sera of 58 sheep were investigated in plaque-reduction neutralization test with B lranja arbovirus. All sera contained antibodies to this virus in titres from 1:32 to 1:4096 (geometrical mean titre 1:494). The district of Akhtopol proved to be a natural focus of Bhanja virus.
Biogeography of tick-borne bhanja virus (bunyaviridae) in europe
