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Objectives: is under-recognized in Europe. This study aimed to determine the seroprevalence and spatial distribution of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus (TBEV) in areas close to endemic regions in Northern Italy.
Methods: A multicenter study was conducted on a random sample of the general population afferent to hospitals in Veneto, Lombardy, and Piedmont with a pre-determined sample size of 1500 participants.
An Abnormal Presentation of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: A Case Report.
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Primary Care/Internal Medicine, Kansas City University, Kansas City, USA.
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- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) is a serious illness caused by coccobacilli bacteria, transmitted through tick bites, with typical symptoms including fever, headache, and a rash that spreads from limbs to torso.
- A case study of a 29-year-old male who showed altered mental status and hypertensive crisis without the classic symptoms highlights the complexity of diagnosing RMSF.
- The patient was treated with medications, and after three days of observation, testing confirmed RMSF, emphasizing the importance of considering tick-borne illnesses even when common symptoms are absent.
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Collegium Medicum, WSB University, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland.
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Big Epidemic of Small City: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever.
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Bayburt Devlet Hastanesi, Tıbbi Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Bayburt, Türkiye.
Objective: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is the most common tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever in our country and the world. While investigating the etiology of fever, tick contact should be questioned, especially in rural areas, and CCHF should be remembered. This study aimed to review the characteristics of the cases detected in Bayburt, one of the cities where CCHF is endemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAWARENESS OF LYME DISEASE AMONG VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTS AND CHILDREN (TERNOPIL REGION, WESTERN UKRAINE).
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Ivan Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Department of Children's Diseases and Pediatric Surgery, Ukraine.
The research goal is to assess the awareness of Lyme borreliosis among students and parents whose children were bitten by ticks (aged 3 to 18 years) and to inform about preventive measures that are carried out in case of contact with ticks in college students and bitten children in Ternopil region (Western region of Ukraine). The research was conducted by surveying 95 18-year-old first-year students of a vocational technical, and 78 parents whose children were bitten by ticks (children aged 3 to 18 years). Children of this group were treated for EM.
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