First identification of tick-borne encephalitis in Denmark outside of Bornholm, August 2009

Anders Fomsgaard; Claus Bohn Christiansen; Rene Bødker

First identification of tick-borne encephalitis in Denmark outside of Bornholm, August 2009

Anders Fomsgaard
, Claus Bohn Christiansen
, Rene Bødker

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Abstract

The incidence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Scandinavia is increasing and spreading geographically. Following two clinical cases of TBE hospitalised after tick bites in northern Zealand, Denmark, specific IgM and IgG antibodies against tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) were demonstrated in acute serum samples of these patients. TBEV was identified by RT-PCR in ticks collected from the same location. This is the first report of TBEV in Ixodes ricinus leading to clinical cases in Denmark outside of Bornholm island.

Original language	English
Journal	Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Volume	14
Issue number	36
Pages (from-to)	2-3
ISSN	1560-7917
Publication status	Published - 2009

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First identification of tick-borne encephalitis in Denmark outside of Bornholm, August 2009. / Fomsgaard, Anders; Christiansen, Claus Bohn; Bødker, Rene.
In: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 36, 2009, p. 2-3.

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First identification of tick-borne encephalitis in Denmark outside of Bornholm, August 2009

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