Volume 13, Number 6—June 2007
Dispatch
Tickborne Encephalitis in Naturally Exposed Monkey (Macaca sylvanus)
Table
Results of nested reverse transcription–PCR (nRT-PCR) analysis of the tickborne encephalitis virus (TBEV)–infected macaque brain
Sample no. | Specimen | TBEV results by nRT-PCR* | TBEV strain (sequencing) |
---|---|---|---|
06F0927 | |||
T653 | Cerebellum | + | Neudoerfl† |
T654 | Cerebellum | – | – |
T655 | Neocortex | + | Neudoerfl† |
T656 | Neocortex | – | – |
T659 | Neocortex | + | Neudoerfl† |
T660 | Neocortex | – | – |
T657 | Brain stem | + | Neudoerfl† |
T658 | Brain stem | – | – |
T661 | Brain stem | + | Neudoerfl |
T662 | Brain stem | + | Neudoerfl† |
06F0926 | |||
T663 | Cerebrospinal fluid | – | – |
Total | 6/11 |
*+, virus detected; –, no virus detected.
†Differs by 1 nt from strain Neudoerfl, the prototype strain of the European virus subtype.