Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus antibodies in dogs from Denmark 英文参考文献.docVIP

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMedCentral Research Open Access Prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus antibodies in dogs from Denmark Katherine ES Lindhe*1, Danny S Meldgaard2, Per M Jensen3, Geoffrey A Houser4 and Mette Berendt4 Address: 1Vangede Small Animal Veterinary Clinic, Plantevej 2, DK-2870 Dysseg?rd., Denmark, 2Buddinge Small Animal Veterinary Clinic, Buddinge Hovedgade 222, DK-2880 Bagsv?rd, Denmark, 3Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, opg. 2, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C., Denmark and 4Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Dyrl?gevej 16, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C., Denmark Email: Katherine ES Lindhe* - stipp@dsr.life.ku.dk; Danny S Meldgaard - dsm@dsr.life.ku.dk; Per M Jensen - pmj@life.ku.dk; Geoffrey A Houser - geh@life.ku.dk; Mette Berendt - mbe@life.ku.dk * Corresponding author Published: 29 December 2009 Received: 26 August 2009 Accepted: 29 December 2009 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51:56 doi:10.1186/1751-0147-51-56 This article is available from: /content/51/1/56 ? 2009 Lindhe et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Large regions of central and eastern Europe are recognized as areas where tick- borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is endemic, including countries neighbouring Denmark. It is therefore timely and relevant to determine if TBEV infections occur in Denmark. This study investigates the presence of antibodies against TBEV in a cross-section of the Danish canine population to assess the level of exposure to TBEV and possibly identify TBEV microfoci in Denmark. Methods: Blood