Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is endemic in South-Scandinavia, Central Europe and Eastern Europe. In 2016 the first patient was reported with TBE virus infection contracted in the Netherlands, in a forested area between Driebergen and Maarn (near Utrecht). At the time, field research did not identify any TBE-positive ticks at the supposed infection site. In the last two years, two patients have been diagnosed with TBE in the Diakonessenhuis Hospital in Utrecht; one patient was bitten by a tick in the Netherlands. This time round, tests on ticks from a different area near Utrecht (the forests around Zeist) did identify TBE-positive ticks. TBE infection is often asymptomatic. However, in a small proportion of patients, disease can develop and there is currently no curative therapy available. An effective vaccine is available. At the moment no vaccination recommendation is issued in the Netherlands. TBE should be considered in patients presenting with fever after a recent tick bite. When neurological symptoms appear, referral to a neurologist is necessary.
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JMIR Public Health Surveill
August 2023
Laboratory for Human Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Background: The extent of tick-borne disease (TBD) risk in the United States is generally unknown. Active surveillance using entomological measures, such as presence and density of infected nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks, have served as indicators for assessing human risk, but results have been inconsistent and passive surveillance via public health systems suggests TBDs are underreported.
Objective: Research using various data sources and collection methods (eg, Google Trends, apps, and tick bite encounters [TBEs] reports) has shown promise for assessing human TBD risk.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
February 2020
Diakonessenhuis Utrecht, afd. Medische Microbiologie, Utrecht.
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is endemic in South-Scandinavia, Central Europe and Eastern Europe. In 2016 the first patient was reported with TBE virus infection contracted in the Netherlands, in a forested area between Driebergen and Maarn (near Utrecht). At the time, field research did not identify any TBE-positive ticks at the supposed infection site.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfect Dis (Lond)
September 2015
From the 1 European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm , Sweden.
Background: Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infection with no available treatment. Due to its non-specific symptoms, TBE tends to be under-diagnosed and under-reported. We aimed to identify factors predicting TBE diagnosis to develop a diagnostic algorithm for use by physicians.
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