The HIT method was used to examine blood serums of the game in Moravia (roebuck, red deer, fallow deer, mouflon, wild boar, brown hare) for the presence of antibodies to arboviruses of these groups: alphavirus (Sindbis-SIN), flavivirus (West Nile-WN), tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Bunyamwera (Tahyna-TAH, Calovo-CVO). Antibodies to all viruses were detected, and namely in these frequencies: SIN 0.9%, WN 16.9%, TAH 41.5%, CVO 23.1% and TBE 8.5%.

Ustav systematické a ekologické biologie CSAV Brno

History of Arbovirus Research in the Czech Republic

The role of game (wild boar and roe deer) in the spread of tick-borne encephalitis in the Czech Republic

West Nile fever--a reemerging mosquito-borne viral disease in Europe