To give a rationale for using homologous gamma globulin with antihemagglutinin titers of 1 : 20 to 1 : 80 for the prophylaxis of tick-borne encephalitis, 5-year observations covering all persons attacked by ticks in one of the intensive natural foci of the disease in the Western Urals have been made. The threefold statistically significant difference in the morbidity rate of tick-borne encephalitis between groups of persons immunized and not immunized with gamma globulin has been shown.
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March 1986