tick-borne encephalitis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Central European encephalitis, Far Eastern TBE, Russian spring-summer encephalitis, Siberian tick-borne encephalitis, Taiga encephalitis, Western European tick-borne encephalitis, west-Siberian encephalitis, TBE
viral infectious disease involving the central nervous system
Key facts
- Specialty
- Infectious disease
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Research
7,023 papers- [Tick-borne encephalitis].MMW Fortschritte der Medizin · 2020
- Tick-borne encephalitis.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2014
- Tick-Borne Encephalitis: An Update for the Special Operations Forces Provider.Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals · 2023
- Tick-borne encephalitis virus.Journal of medical microbiology · 2022
- Alimentary Infections by Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus.Viruses · 2021
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- Tick-borne encephalitis
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- minimal incubation period in humans
- 7
- maximal incubation period in humans
- 14
- ICD-9-CM
- 063.2
- time of discovery or invention
- 1931-00-00
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Article
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infectious disease involving the central nervous system, transmitted by the bite of several species of infected ticks. The disease most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis or meningoencephalitis. Myelitis and spinal paralysis also occur. In about one third of cases sequelae, predominantly cognitive dysfunction, persist for a year or more.
The number of reported cases has been increasing in most countries. TBE is posing a concerning health challenge to Europe, as the number of reported human cases of TBE in all endemic regions of Europe has increased by almost 400% within the last three decades. Historically, TBE virus has been thought to be absent in the UK, but in 2020 Public Health England declared the first two TBE cases contracted within the country.