Volume 12, Number 10—October 2006
Dispatch
Siberian Subtype Tickborne Encephalitis Virus, Finland
Anu Jääskeläinen*
, Tapani Tikkakoski†, Nathalie Uzcátegui*, Andrey Alekseev‡, Antti Vaheri*§, and Olli Vapalahti*§¶
, Tapani Tikkakoski†, Nathalie Uzcátegui*, Andrey Alekseev‡, Antti Vaheri*§, and Olli Vapalahti*§¶Table 1
Tick collection sites in Kokkola Archipelago, June 2004*
| Location | TBE case-patient, sex/age/y | No. ticks (n/f/m) | No. tick pools | Tick pools positive in RT-PCR† | Tick pools positive in virus isolation† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M/48/2004 (12) | 184 (19/87/78) | 19 | 4, 8, 9 | 8, 9 |
| 2 | M/21/2002 (11) | 80 (24/25/31) | 8 | 25, 26 | 25, 26 |
| 3 | F/24/2002 (11) | 158 (2/87/69) | 16 | 39 | 39 |
| 4 | F/12/2002 (11) | 474 (16/227/231) | 48 | 79, 81, 84, 85, 86, 102, 118 | 79, 81, 84, 86, 102, 118 |
| 5 | F/73/2002 (11) | 41 (2/22/17) | 5 | – | ND |
| 6 | M/6/2003 | 166 (6/83/77) | 17 | – | ND |
| 7 | M/7/2003 | 6 (0/3/3) | 1 | – | ND |
| 8 | No known cases | 55 (1/25/29) | 6 | – | ND |
| 9 | No known cases | 9 (2/5/2) | 1 | – | ND |
| 10 | No known cases | 8 (0/6/2) | 1 | – | ND |
*TBE, tickborne encephalitis; RT-PCR, reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction; n, nymphs; f, adult females; m, adult males; ND, not determined.
†Nos. indicate the tick pool numbers, the same as used in the phylogenetic tree.
