Tick-borne encephalitis associated with consumption of raw goat milk, Slovenia, 2012.

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) developed in 3 persons in Slovenia who drank raw milk; a fourth person, who had been vaccinated against TBE, remained healthy. TBE virus RNA was detected in serum and milk of the source goat. Persons in TBE-endemic areas should be encouraged to drink only boiled/pasteurized milk and to be vaccinated.

Reactions after pneumococcal vaccine alone or in combination with influenza vaccine.

We studied adverse reactions to immunisation in 541 individuals receiving simultaneous pneumococcal and influenza vaccination, and in 320 recipients of pneumococcal vaccine alone. Five days after immunisation, the participants completed a questionnaire covering systemic and local reactions to vaccination. Adverse effects were rated as mild if they did not interfere with the participant's daily activities, and moderate or serious if they moderately or markedly restricted these activities.