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Both\n                    <jats:italic>Ixodes ricinus<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>D. reticulatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ticks were surveilled. There was limited TBEV detection found in one pool out of 106 pools (418 ticks) that were shotgun genome sequenced. The TBEV positive tick pool consisted of\n                    <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 3 adult\n                    <jats:italic>D. reticulatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ticks. Additional hybrid-capture sequencing of this pool resulted in the first full-length genome sequence of TBEV from this tick species. The assembled genome was classified as the European subtype through phylogenetic analysis. The new TBEV sequence is phylogenetically placed closest to a 2019 Hungarian isolate, suggesting potential viral migration or shared ancestry across nearly 1,000 km. 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