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. 2015 Jun 18;3(3):e00609-15.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00609-15.

Complete Genome Sequences of Four European Subtype Strains of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus from Eastern Siberia, Russia

Renat V Adelshin  1 , Olga V Melnikova  2 , Ludmila S Karan  3 , Evgeny I Andaev  2 , Sergey V Balakhonov  2
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Complete Genome Sequences of Four European Subtype Strains of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus from Eastern Siberia, Russia

Renat V Adelshin et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

Three tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) strains were isolated from Ixodes persulcatus ticks, and one was isolated from a shrew in the territory of eastern Siberia (Russia). The level of sequence identity compared to Neudoerfl (the European prototype strain) is 97.2 to 97.3%.

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