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Distribution of Far-Eastern tick-borne encephalitis virus subtype strains in the former Soviet Union No Access

Abstract

European and Asian viruses within the tick-borne encephalitis flavivirus complex are known to show temporal, spatial and phylogenetic relationships that imply a clinal pattern of evolution. However, the isolation of recognized Far-Eastern tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) strains in the European region of the former Soviet Union (SU), i.e. thousands of kilometres west of the region in which they are considered endemic, appears to contradict this concept. Here, we present a parsimonious explanation for this apparent anomaly based on analysis of the dates and regions in which these non-endemic strains were isolated, together with their phylogenetic relationships and the records of redistribution of animals under the All-Union programme for acclimatization of game animals within the former SU. Our evidence supports the concept that the anomalous distribution of Far-Eastern TBEV strains in Europe and Siberia arose primarily as the result of the large-scale westward redistribution of game animals for economic purposes.

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Distribution of Far-Eastern tick-borne encephalitis virus subtype strains in the former Soviet Union
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Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) strains of the Far-Eastern subtype that were compared by phylogenetic analysis.

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