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It is the etiological agent of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), a severe disease affecting the central nervous system. Among arboviral infections, TBE represents the greatest burden in northern Eurasia, both in terms of emerging infection risk and mortality. Globalization and climate change increase the risk of TBEV introduction into nonendemic countries. They may also lead to the emergence of new viral variants featuring increased virulence for humans or altered antigenic characteristics. Hence, sensitive and specific TBEV detection methods are needed not only for diagnostics but also for One Health approach goals (surveillance and identification of viral sources in the environment).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Here, we describe a newly developed reverse transcription PCR (RT\u2012PCR) assay for TBEV detection. The assay was developed and evaluated using armored RNA positive control particles (ARCs). The assay was evaluated using several sample types: (1) a panel of heterologous viral and bacterial RNA\/DNA; (2) RNA from TBEV strains isolated in different years in various Russian regions; and (3) RNA from TBEV-positive and TBEV-negative ticks (collected in northwest Russia).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The limit of detection (LOD) of the assay is 10\n                      <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                      copies\/mL (20 copies\/reaction) of TBEV RNA. The developed demonstrated 100% analytical specificity. 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