Eighteen polytypic tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) strains containing the fragments of E and NS1 protein genes of Siberian and Far Eastern, occasionally Siberian and European subtypes were isolated in the European and Asian parts of the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) area. They were identified using real-time polymerase chain reaction, hybridization-fluorescence detection with genotype-specific probes, restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, and E protein sequencing. The polytypic strains were isolated from individual Ixodes persulcatus ticks, their pools, from the blood of patients and the brain of dead patients. The isolation rates of the polytypic strains in the sympathry area of different TBEV subtypes ranged from 4.4% (the Irkutsk Region) to 15.1% (the Yaroslavl Region). In addition to 2 polytypic strains, a strain similar to the TBEV 886-84 strain was isolated. The TBEV subtypes entering into the composition of the polytypic strains show nongenetic interactions, such as neutral replication or competition. The polytypic strains are stable during passages in the cultured pig embryo kidney epithelial cells and on cloning. Mouse brain passage promotes dissociation of polytypic strains. The conditions for the formation of polytypic strains and their role in the etiology of TBE are discussed.
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