Tick-borne Encephalitis—Need to know for Professionals outside Endemic Areas

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10.2991/dsahmj.k.190722.001How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Epidemiology; lyme; prevention; tick-borne encephalitis (TBE); travel

Abstract

Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE) is an arboviral infection widespread in Europe and northern parts of Asia. Ticks transmit the associated flavivirus usually between March and November to people with outdoor activities in the countryside, in gardens or, rarely, in urban parks. The clinical picture of TBE has two phases: after an uncharacteristic febrile illness and a brief interval in which neurological symptoms occur in a minority of the infected patients. In children, meningitis is the predominant syndrome, whereas the proportion of patients with more severe encephalitis and encephalomyelitis increases with growing age. Consequently, children may suffer from cognitive defects and adults from neurological defects after the acute phase. As there is no therapy for TBE, prevention is of paramount importance. The first line of defense is to avoid tick “bites” (actually stings). Various effective and well-tolerated vaccines are marketed in Europe, all parts of Russia, and in China.

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© 2019 Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group. Publishing services by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Robert Steffen
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