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Volume 25, Number 2—February 2019
Dispatch

Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Antibodies in Roe Deer, the Netherlands

Jolianne M. RijksComments to Author , Margriet G.E. Montizaan, Nine Bakker, Ankje de Vries, Steven Van Gucht, Corien Swaan, Jan van den Broek, Andrea Gröne, and Hein Sprong
Author affiliations: Dutch Wildlife Health Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands (J.M. Rijks, M.G.E. Montizaan, N. Bakker, A. Gröne); National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (A. de Vries, C. Swaan., H. Sprong); Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium (S. Van Gucht); Utrecht University, Utrecht (J. van den Broek, A. Gröne)

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Table

Detection of TBEV in roe deer, the Netherlands, 2017*

Province No. (%) deer counted† No. TBEV SNT–positive samples/no. tested
 Identification no. of foci
Random sampling Purposive sampling
Drenthe 10,728 (16) 0/99 NA NA
Flevoland 2,358 (4) 0/37 NA NA
Friesland 6,217 (10) 0/62 0/1 NA
Gelderland 10,687 (16) 2/97 0/12 10
Groningen 4,649 (7) 0/32 NA NA
Limburg 4,674 (7) 3/46 0/1 7, 8, and 9
North Brabant 9,618 (15) 3/101 0/5 4, 5, and 6‡
North Holland§ 935 (1) 0/0 NA NI
Overijssel 9,933 (16) 9/87 5/18 1,¶ 2, and 3
South Holland 1,103 (2) 0/7 0/10 NA
Utrecht 2,485 (4) 0/16 0/1 NA
Zealand§
 1,293 (2)
 0/8
 NA
 NA
Total 64,680 (100) 17/592 5/48 NA

*NA, not applicable; SNT, serum neutralization test; TBEV, tick-borne encephalitis virus.
†Provided by the game management units.
‡A fourth potential focus (no. 11) was identified by using serum samples obtained from roe deer during 2010 but not reconfirmed in 2017.
§No hunting, only victims of traffic accidents.
¶Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park (the confirmed site, also identified by using serum samples obtained from roe deer during 2010).

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