Table 1. Overview of samples collected and tested for tick-borne encephalitis virus, 6 localities, Kyrgyzstan*.
| Animal species | No. collected |
No. positive in Jun–Jul 2007/Jul–Aug 2009 (overall %) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun–Jul 2007 | Jul–Aug 2009 | RT-PCR† | IgG | IgM | ||
| Alticola argentatus | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Apodemus pallipes‡ | 79 | 93 | 3 | 5/10 (8) | 2/9 (6) | |
| Apodemus agrarius | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0/5 (19) | |
| Crocidura sp. | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dryomys nitedula | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Microtus ilaeus§ | 39 | 17 | 3 | 0/1 (2) | 3/0 (5) | |
| Mictrous gregalis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mus musculus | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1/1 (15) | 0/2 (15) | |
| Myodes centralis | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0/2 (6) | 0/2 (6) | |
| Rattus turkestanicus | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 (4) | 1/0 (4) | |
| Rattus norvegicus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cricetulus sp. | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 (25) | |
|
Meriones sp. |
0 |
6 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total | 184 | 185 | 7 | 7/14 | 6/19 | |
*Analysis of reverse transcription–PCR (RT-PCR) and ELISA. RT-PCR data represent only 2007 samples. Ig, immunoglobulin. †5 of 7 positive samples were collected from Ala-Archa. ‡1 positive A. pallipes mouse was collected from Sary-Chelek. §1 positive M. ilaeus vole was collected from Suusamyr.