Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus, United Kingdom
Maya Holding
, Stuart D. Dowall, Jolyon M. Medlock, Daniel P. Carter, Steven T. Pullan, James Lewis, Richard Vipond, Mara S. Rocchi, Matthew Baylis, and Roger Hewson
Author affiliations: National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Liverpool, UK (M. Holding, S.D. Dowall, J.M. Medlock, D.P. Carter, R. Vipond, M.S. Rocchi, M. Baylis, R. Hewson); Virology and Pathogenesis Group, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, UK (M. Holding, S.D. Dowall, R. Vipond, R. Hewson); Medical Entomology and Zoonoses Ecology, Emergency Response Department, Public Health England, Porton Down (M. Holding, J.M. Medlock); Genomics, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down (D.P. Carter, S.T. Pullan); Geographic Information Systems, Emergency Response Department, Public Health England, Porton Down (J. Lewis); Virus Surveillance Unit, Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (M.S. Rocchi); Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool (M. Baylis)
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Table 1
Variation between ELISA for tick-borne encephalitis virus and HAI for louping ill virus, United Kingdom
ELISA result |
HAI result
|
Not tested |
Total |
Positive |
Negative† |
Positive |
38 |
14 |
1 |
53 |
Negative‡ |
31 |
1,219 |
6 |
1,255 |
Total |
69 |
1,233 |
7 |
1,309 |
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