Tick-borne encephalitis virus
| Tick-borne encephalitis virus | |
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| TBEV at different pH levels | |
| Virus classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
| Class: | Flasuviricetes |
| Order: | Amarillovirales |
| Family: | Flaviviridae |
| Genus: | Orthoflavivirus |
| Species: | Orthoflavivirus encephalitidis
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Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is an enveloped positive-strand RNA virus in the genus Orthoflavivirus that causes tick-borne encephalitis. TBEV is primarily transmitted to humans through infected ticks of the Ixodes species and can cause severe neurological diseases.