Increasing evidence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus transmission, the Netherlands, June 2016

Euro Surveill. 2017 Mar 16;22(11):30482. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.11.30482.

Abstract

We present a case of endemic tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) occurring in June 2016 in the eastern part of the Netherlands in an area where a strain of TBE virus, genetically different from the common TBE virus strains in Europe, was reported in ticks in 2016. With the start of the tick season in spring, this second autochthonous Dutch TBE case should remind physicians to consider the possibility of endemic TBE in patients with respective symptoms.

Keywords: Flaviviridae; The Netherlands; emerging or re-emerging diseases; tick-borne diseases; tick-borne encephalitis - TBE; vector-borne infections; viral infections; zoonotic infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / administration & dosage
  • Acyclovir / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bites and Stings
  • Ceftriaxone / administration & dosage
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
  • Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / genetics
  • Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / isolation & purification*
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / diagnosis*
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / drug therapy
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / immunology
  • Humans
  • Ixodes / virology*
  • Male
  • Netherlands
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Ceftriaxone
  • Acyclovir