Eyach virus explained

Eyach virus (EYAV) is a viral infection (genus Coltivirus) in the Reoviridae family transmitted by a tick vector. It has been isolated from Ixodes ricinus and I. ventalloi ticks in Europe.^[1] __TOC__

Transmission and clinical syndromes

Eyach virus is acquired by tick bite. The tick gets infected after a blood meal from a vertebrate host, which is suspected to be the European rabbit O. cunniculus.^[2] Eyach virus has been linked to tick-borne encephalitis, as well as polyradiculoneuritis and meningopolyneuritis, based on serological samples of patients with these neurological disorders.

Notes and References

1. Attoui. Houssam. Jaafar. Fauziah Mohd. Micco. Philippe de. Lamballerie. Xavier de. Coltiviruses and Seadornaviruses in North America, Europe, and Asia. Emerging Infectious Diseases. en-us. 11. 11. 1673–1679. 10.3201/eid1111.050868. 3367365. 16318717. 2005.
2. Chastel. C.. Main. A. J.. Couatarmanac'h. A.. Le Lay. G.. Knudson. D. L.. Quillien. M. C.. Beaucournu. J. C.. 1984-01-01. Isolation of Eyach virus (Reoviridae, Colorado tick fever group) from Ixodes ricinus and I. ventalloi ticks in France. Archives of Virology. 82. 3–4. 161–171. 0304-8608. 6508529. 10.1007/BF01311160. 30567639.