| a nationwide seroprevalence screening for west nile virus and tick-borne encephalitis virus in the population of bulgaria. | to assess local circulation and risk for human infections with west nile virus (wnv) and tick-borne encephalitis virus (tbev) in bulgaria, a nationwide seroprevalence study was conducted. in total, 1451 residents of all 28 districts in bulgaria were tested for wnv-specific and tbev-specific igg antibodies. the survey found overall seroprevalence of 1.5% and 0.6%, respectively. the highest wnv seroprevalence was found in sofia province and districts near the river danube. tbev circulation was det ... | 2017 | 28504357 |