Vaccination and Tick-borne Encephalitis, Central Europe

Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease of the brain caused by a virus found in many parts of Europe as well as central and eastern Asia. As the name indicates, the virus is spread by tick bites. The number of people infected each year varies according to complex interactions involving the ticks’enviro...

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Main Authors:	Heinz, Franz X., Stiasny, Karin, Holzmann, Heidemarie, Grgic-Vitek, Marta, Kriz, Bohumir, Essl, Astrid, Kundi, Michael
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3557984/

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spelling	pubmed-35579842013-02-04 Vaccination and Tick-borne Encephalitis, Central Europe Heinz, Franz X. Stiasny, Karin Holzmann, Heidemarie Grgic-Vitek, Marta Kriz, Bohumir Essl, Astrid Kundi, Michael Research Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease of the brain caused by a virus found in many parts of Europe as well as central and eastern Asia. As the name indicates, the virus is spread by tick bites. The number of people infected each year varies according to complex interactions involving the ticks’environment, the weather, and human socioeconomic and vaccination status. To determine how well vaccine protects against the disease, researchers compared the number of cases in 3 neighboring countries in which vaccination coverage differs but many other factors remain the same: Austria (where more than three quarters of the population are vaccinated) and Slovenia and the Czech Republic (where less than one quarter of the population are vaccinated). They found far fewer cases in Austria, indicating that vaccination is an excellent way to prevent this disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3557984/ /pubmed/23259984 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1901.120458 Text en
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author	Heinz, Franz X. Stiasny, Karin Holzmann, Heidemarie Grgic-Vitek, Marta Kriz, Bohumir Essl, Astrid Kundi, Michael
spellingShingle	Heinz, Franz X. Stiasny, Karin Holzmann, Heidemarie Grgic-Vitek, Marta Kriz, Bohumir Essl, Astrid Kundi, Michael Vaccination and Tick-borne Encephalitis, Central Europe
author_facet	Heinz, Franz X. Stiasny, Karin Holzmann, Heidemarie Grgic-Vitek, Marta Kriz, Bohumir Essl, Astrid Kundi, Michael
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title	Vaccination and Tick-borne Encephalitis, Central Europe
title_short	Vaccination and Tick-borne Encephalitis, Central Europe
title_full	Vaccination and Tick-borne Encephalitis, Central Europe
title_fullStr	Vaccination and Tick-borne Encephalitis, Central Europe
title_full_unstemmed	Vaccination and Tick-borne Encephalitis, Central Europe
title_sort	vaccination and tick-borne encephalitis, central europe
description	Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease of the brain caused by a virus found in many parts of Europe as well as central and eastern Asia. As the name indicates, the virus is spread by tick bites. The number of people infected each year varies according to complex interactions involving the ticks’environment, the weather, and human socioeconomic and vaccination status. To determine how well vaccine protects against the disease, researchers compared the number of cases in 3 neighboring countries in which vaccination coverage differs but many other factors remain the same: Austria (where more than three quarters of the population are vaccinated) and Slovenia and the Czech Republic (where less than one quarter of the population are vaccinated). They found far fewer cases in Austria, indicating that vaccination is an excellent way to prevent this disease.
publisher	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
publishDate	2013
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3557984/
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Vaccination and Tick-borne Encephalitis, Central Europe

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