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Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
Research

Virus RNA Load in Patients with Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Slovenia

Ana Saksida, Nina Jakopin, Mateja Jelovšek, Nataša Knap, Luka Fajs, Lara Lusa, Stanka Lotrič-Furlan, Petra Bogovič, Maja Arnež, Franc Strle, and Tatjana Avšič-ŽupancComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine, Slovenia (A. Saksida, N. Jakopin, M. Jelovšek, N. Knap, L. Fajs, L. Lusa, T. Avšič-Županc); University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana (S. Lotrič-Furlan, P. Bogovič, M. Arnež, F. Strle)

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Figure 5

Distribution of virus RNA load in patients with tick-borne encephalitis, Slovenia, by A) virus phylogenetic clades and B) disease severity scores according to Bogovic et al. (22). Boxes indicate interquartile ranges and 25th and 75th percentiles, horizontal lines within boxes indicate medians, and errors bars indicate 1.5x interquartile ranges. TBEV, tick-borne encephalitis virus.

Figure 5. Distribution of virus RNA load in patients with tick-borne encephalitis, Slovenia, by A) virus phylogenetic clades and B) disease severity scores according to Bogovic et al. (22). Boxes indicate interquartile ranges and 25th and 75th percentiles, horizontal lines within boxes indicate medians, and errors bars indicate 1.5x interquartile ranges. TBEV, tick-borne encephalitis virus.

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