Autochthonous Cases of Tick-Borne Encephalitis, Belgium, 2020.

Stoefs, Anke; Heyndrickx, Leo; De Winter, Jonathan; Coeckelbergh, Evelien; Willekens, Barbara; Alonso-Jiménez, Alicia; Tuttino, Anne-Marie; Geerts, Yvette; Ariën, Kevin K; Van Esbroeck, Marjan

Stoefs, Anke; Heyndrickx, Leo; De Winter, Jonathan; Coeckelbergh, Evelien; Willekens, Barbara; Alonso-Jiménez, Alicia; Tuttino, Anne-Marie; Geerts, Yvette; Ariën, Kevin K; Van Esbroeck, Marjan.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 27(8): 2179-2182, 2021 08.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1403444

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

We report 3 confirmed autochthonous tick-borne encephalitis cases in Belgium diagnosed during summer 2020. Clinicians should include this viral infection in the differential diagnosis for patients with etiologically unexplained neurologic manifestations, even for persons without recent travel history.

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Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne; Belgium/epidemiology; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/diagnosis; Encephalitis, Tick-Borne/epidemiology; Humans; Travel

Keywords

Belgium; arbovirus infections; arboviruses; central nervous system viral diseases; encephalitis; tick-borne encephalitis; tickborne infectious; vector-borne infections; viruses; zoonoses

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne Type of study: Diagnostic study / Etiology study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Journal subject: Communicable Diseases Year: 2021 Document Type: Article

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