Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne

Encephalitis Virus, Tick-Borne; Tick-Borne Encephalitis Viruses; Viruses, Tick-Borne Encephalitis; Encephalitis Virus, Tick Borne; Encephalitis Viruses, Tick Borne; Louping ill viruses; Tick Borne Encephalitis Viruses; Tick Borne encephalitis virus
A subgroup of the genus FLAVIVIRUS that causes encephalitis and hemorrhagic fevers and is found in eastern and western Europe and the former Soviet Union. It is transmitted by TICKS and there is an associated milk-borne transmission from viremic cattle, goats, and sheep.