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Abstract:
Yezo virus is an emerging tickborne orthonairovirus. We detected Yezo virus RNA in tick bite patients and in Ixodes persulcatus ticks in west Siberia and Far East, Russia. Clinicians should consider the expanded area of Yezo virus identification and the I. persulcatus tick habitat when evaluating patients after tick bites in Russia.

