A new tick virus has been detected in the UK
A tick virus that can cause severe meningitis-like symptoms has been detected in several parts of England, the UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) reported.
The agency recommended that people should regularly check their clothes and body for ticks after being outside.
He also recommended changes in testing in hospitals to prevent the spread of the tick virus.
An advanced detection study for the virus is now underway in England and Scotland, following the alarm raised by the health agency, the BBC reported.
Ticks can carry a number of diseases, including tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease.
The report said health officials had tested for the presence of the virus in blood samples from asymptomatic people in parts of Yorkshire, and one case was confirmed there.
Three possible or confirmed cases of tick-borne encephalitis acquired in the UK have been found since 2019, UKHSA said last year, with the first case confirmed in the UK.
The virus has also been detected in the Hampshire/Dorset and Norfolk areas.
The virus carried by ticks is common in many countries around the world.
Symptoms from the virus include asymptomatic infection and, in some cases, severe infection of the central nervous system such as headache, neck stiffness, confusion or high fever with unconsciousness.
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A tick-borne virus that can cause severe meningitis-like symptoms has been detected in several parts of England, according to the UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA). The agency has recommended people regularly check their clothes and body for ticks after being outside and called for changes in testing in hospitals to prevent the virus from spreading. An advanced detection study for the virus is now underway in England and Scotland. Ticks can also carry other diseases, including tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease.
