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Volume 30, Number 2—February 2024
Dispatch

Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Lombardy, Italy

Alessandra Gaffuri, Davide SasseraComments to Author , Mattia Calzolari, Lucia Gibelli, Davide Lelli, Alessandra Tebaldi, Nadia Vicari, Alessandro Bianchi, Claudio Pigoli, Monica Cerioli, Luca Zandonà, Giorgio Varisco, Irene Bertoletti, and Paola Prati
Author affiliations: Bergamo Unit, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Bergamo, Italy (A. Gaffuri, L. Zandonà, G. Varisco); University of Pavia, Italy, and The I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy (D. Sassera); Reggio Emilia Unit, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Reggio Emilia, Italy (M. Calzolari); Milano Unit, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Milano, Italy (L. Gibelli, C. Pigoli); Virology Unit, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy (D. Lelli); ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy (A. Tepaldi); Pavia Unit, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Pavia, Italy (N. Vicari, P. Prati); Sondrio Unit, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Sondrio, Italy (A. Bianchi, I. Bertoletti); Epidemiology Unit, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Brescia (M. Cerioli).

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Table

Results of testing for tick-borne encephalitis virus antibodies among serum samples taken from wild ungulate species, Italy*

Year
 Wild ungulate species, no. positive/no. tested
Chamois
 Roe deer
 Red deer
 Mouflon
2020 8/216 1/145 11/194 NA
2021 6/222 0/187 4/217 0/25
2022 4/114 3/154 7/255 0/30
2023
 1/4
 0/7
 2/184
 NA
Total 19/556 4/493 24/850 0/55

*NA, not available.

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