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Combating Tick-Borne encephalitis: Vaccination rates on the rise

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift, ISSN: 0043-5341, Vol: 158, Issue: 17-18, Page: 518-521
2008
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Conference Paper Description

The 10 annual meeting of the International Scientific Working Group on Tick-Borne Encephalitis (ISW-TBE) was entitled "Combating TBE: Vaccination rates on the rise". The incidence of TBE has increased in several European countries endemic for this potentially debilitating central nervous system infection. Among the countries most affected are Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Sweden, and the Baltic States. In many regions, the three basic requirements for optimal living conditions for ticks, i.e., humidity above 85%. temperatures above 6-7°C, and the presence of large numbers of hosts, have been changing in favor of the tick population. Austria has the highest TBE vaccination rate (88%) in Europe. Although recent years have seen increases in the vaccination rates in some countries, coverage is still too low to offer adequate protection. Presently, no clear recommendations for travelers exist. The ISW-TBE has initiated programs geared towards increasing appreciation of TBE in countries where the disease is largely unknown and towards incorporating travel-related considerations when drawing up vaccination recommendations. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.

Bibliographic Details

Ursula Kunze; Horst Aspöck; Ulf Baumhackl; Amrei Von Braun; Santanu Chatterjee; Vaclav Chmelik; Hans Dautel; Pavel Deryabin; Gerhard Dobler; Jean Pierre Donne; Robert Flisiak; Christine Freund; Catherine Goujon; Goran Günther; Martin Haditsch; Mats Haglund; Gunnar Hasle; Franz X. Heinz; Heidemarie Holzmann; Frank Hufert; Krista Jaago; Zsuzsanna Jelenik; Eva Jilková; Olaf Kahl; Reinhard Kaiser; Guntis Karelis; Urs Karrer; Jay Keystone; Peter Kimmig; Herwig Kollaritsch; Thomas Krech; Wolfgang Kristoferitsch; Alicja Ksiazek; Christian Kunz; Michael Kunze; Kuulo Kutsar; Tuija Leino; Thorsten Lenhard; Guodong Liang; Victor Luyasu; Egon Marth; Marta Melles; Uta Meyding-Lamadè; Aukse Mickiene; Rainer Oehme; Jarmo Oksi; Roman Prymula; Sebastian Rauer; Pamela Rendi-Wagner; Maurizio Ruscio; Birger Sandell; Aki Saruhashi; Gerold Stanek; Robert Steffen; Franc Strle; Anna Strondl; Jochen Süss; Ewa Talarek; Ikuo Takashima; Vytautas Usonis; Antti Vaheri; Bernard Vaudaux; Gernot Walder; Ursula Wiedermann-Schmidt; Joanna Zajkowska; Hervé Zeller; Kai Zilmer; Karl Zwiauer

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