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Table 2 Overview of biological samples collected from rodents that tested positive by real-time RT-PCR for tick-borne encephalitis virus. Ct scores are provided in brackets

From: Detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus in ear tissue and dried blood spots from naturally infected wild rodents

Species

Location

Sex

Breeding status

Ear tissue

Dried blood spot

Apodemus sylvaticus

B

Male

Adult

ā€‰+ā€‰

(30.70)

ā€‰+ā€‰

(25.38)

C

Male

Adult

ā€‰+ā€‰

(30.71)

ā€“

B

Female

Adult

ā€‰+ā€‰

(29.12)

ā€“

Myodes glareolus

C

Male

Adult

ā€‰+ā€‰

(25.73)

ā€‰+ā€‰

(32.94)

A

Male

Adult

ā€‰+ā€‰

(24.27)

NA