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Tick-Borne Encephalitis TBE: Erratic Epidemiology-Persistent Threat

Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 10th, 2010

While risk areas keep changing and case numbers fluctuate, the danger of

tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) persists. However, highly effective and well tolerated vaccines are available, offering 99% protection against TBE, experts of the International Scientific Working Group on Tick-Borne Encephalitis (ISW-TBE) say.

The ISW-TBE is holding its 12th Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, from 28-29 January 2010. In recent years, risk areas of TBE have expanded northward and to higher altitudes - a development thought to be due to climate change. At the same time, TBE incidence has fluctuated

considerably: Europe and Russia reported 12,733...

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