No human cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) have been reported in South Korea. We tested for TBE virus (TBEV)-IgM and -IgG in serum samples from healthy farmers during 2015–2018 using ELISA kits. Seroprevalence study revealed a 1.9 % prevalence of TBEV. A neutralizing test for TBEV-specific antibodies was not performed.

中文翻译：

---

2015-2018年韩国tick传脑炎病毒感染的血清学证据。

在韩国，没有人感染of传播性脑炎的病例。我们使用ELISA试剂盒在2015–2018年间对健康农民血清样品中的TBE病毒（TBEV）-IgM和-IgG进行了测试。血清阳性率研究显示TBEV阳性率为1.9％。未执行针对TBEV特异性抗体的中和测试。