[Tick-borne encephalitis]

Nihon Rinsho. 2005 Dec;63(12):2202-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is viral zoonosis transmitted by the infected ticks harboring TBE virus. Mortality rate reaches 30% of in some cases. More than 10,000 patients were reported annually in Europe and Far-East Asia. In 1993, the first case of TBE was reported in Japan, and TBE virus was isolated, which showed TBE virus is endemic in Japan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Ticks / virology