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Absettarov virus

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The Absettarov virus (ABSV) is a strain of tickborne encephalitis virus (Far Eastern subtype) in the genus Flavivirus. It was isolated in 1951 in Leningrad from the blood of a 3-year-old boy with biphasic fever and signs of meningitis. Found in Sweden, Finland, Poland, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria and western parts of the former USSR.[1]

References

  1. ^ Mahy, Brian W J (2001). A dictionary of virology (3. ed.). San Diego, Calif. [u.a.]: Academic Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-12-465327-8.


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