First paediatric case of autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis in the Netherlands, 2018

F Geeraedts; E van der Kroft; J Reimerink

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100603

First paediatric case of autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis in the Netherlands, 2018

New Microbes New Infect. 2019 Sep 19:32:100603. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100603. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

F Geeraedts¹, E van der Kroft², J Reimerink³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health, Hengelo, the Netherlands.
² Department of Paediatrics, Ziekenhuis Groep Twente, Almelo/Hengelo, the Netherlands.
³ Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.

Abstract

Since 2016, sporadic cases of autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) have been encountered in the Netherlands, in two distinct geographic regions. We describe the first paediatric autochthonous case of TBE, in 2018, which was contracted outside these regions, suggesting that TBE is more widespread. Countrywide vigilance for new TBE cases remains necessary.

Keywords: Emerging infectious disease; tick-borne disease; tick-borne encephalitis; zoonotic infections.

Publication types

Case Reports