Two Coding-Complete Genomes of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Sequenced from Ixodes persulcatus Collected in Bulgan, Mongolia
ticks in Selenge, Mongolia, in 2021. The estimated time to most recent common ancestor (TMRCA) of the Siberian genotype was approximately 981 CE (95% HPD: 646-1347) with the emergence of a distinct Mongolian clade of TBEV around 1888 CE (95% HPD: 1834-1934). These findings highlight the value of expanded whole-genome sequencing to improve our understanding of TBEV's genetic diversity and evolutionary history in Central Asia.
Authors
- Buyandelger Bolorchimeg
- Bazartseren Boldbaatar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6137-7990)
- Carla Mavian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3819-5520)
- John E. Wiley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5692-1350)
- Andrew G. Letizia
- Nora G. Cleary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4735-7632)
- Michael R. Wiley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6688-007X)
- Adam Salyer
- Irina V. Etobayeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6896-2052)
- Doniddemberel Altantogtokh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0611-5194)
- Julia E. Paoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0273-1128)
- Bandikhuu Amgalanbayar
- Juan G. Perez Jimenez
- Nyamdelger Tsevelmaa
- Nergui Davaasuren
- Michael E. von Fricken
- Micah Hoylman
Institutions
- University of Nebraska at Omaha (US)
- Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- Mongolian University of Life Sciences (MN)
- University of Florida (US)
- National Center for Communicable Diseases (MN)
- ID Genomics (United States) (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pathogens
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens15040378
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00