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. 2017 Oct;23(10):1753-1754.
doi: 10.3201/eid2310.170918.

Unrecognized Subclinical Infection with Tickborne Encephalitis Virus, Japan

Kentaro Yoshii, Reiji Kojima, Hiroshi Nishiura

Unrecognized Subclinical Infection with Tickborne Encephalitis Virus, Japan

Kentaro Yoshii et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Oct.

Abstract

During early 2017, we conducted a seroepidemiologic investigation for tickborne encephalitis virus among 291 Japan Self-Defense Forces members in Hokkaido. Two (0.7%) tested positive. Neither had clinically apparent symptoms after removing ticks.

Keywords: Japan; Japanese encephalitis virus; Subclinical infection; flaviviruses; neutralizing antibody; seroepidemiologic study; tick-borne encephalitis virus; ticks; vector-borne infections; viruses; zoonoses.

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