10.1186\/s13071-025-06829-5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn Belgium, serological studies in several animal species suggested that TBE virus is circulating in this country, and since 2020, several autochthonous TBE cases have been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recently, TBE virus could for the first time be detected in Ixodes<\/em> ricinus<\/em> ticks collected by flagging in a forest near Wanze (southwest of Li\u00e8ge).<\/p>\n\n\n\nPhylogenetic comparison with other European strains showed that this isolate was closely related to a strain found in Finland (Sipoo archipelago) and was distinct from the Salland strain identified in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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