Epidemiological survey of tick-borne encephalitis virus and Anaplasma phagocytophilum co-infections in patients from regions of the Czech Republic endemic for tick-borne diseases.

Abstract

During the period 2000-2003 patients hospitalized for suspected tick-borne encephalitis in the Czech Republic were screened for possible A. phagocytophilum co-infection.

Keywords

• Epidemiological
• survey
• tick-borne
• encephalitis
• virus
• Anaplasma
• phagocytophilum
• co-infections
• patients
• regions
• Czech
• Republic
• endemic
• tick-borne
• diseases