
                The aetiological agent  
                is a  
                 
                Flavivirus  genetically belonging to the tickborne group  
                that is  
                 very closely related to  Kyasanur forest disease virus , a severe tick-borne hemorrhagic disease reported in India (Karnataka state).

                Etiološki dejavnik  
                je 
                 
                Flavivirus , ki gensko pripada skupini klopov,  
                ki so  
                zelo tesno povezani  z virusom bolezni gozda Kyasanur , hudo hemoragično boleznijo, ki jo prenašajo klopi in o kateri so poročali v Indiji (država Karnataka).